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" Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing? "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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" As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools. "

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" It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information. "

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" I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children. "

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" I'm aware that beyond my own need to find a personal balance, I should be sending a signal to society as women's minister about the importance of work-life balance. "

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" It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other. "

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" When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path. "

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" Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer areas and to redress the balance in terms of housing, redressing the balance in terms of schooling. "

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" People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore. "

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" It was the students who entered kindergarten in 2011 who are - and I am weighing my words carefully - the sacrificed generation. It is they who have paid a high price for the politics of yesterday - that is to say, the government of Mr. Fillon. "

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" Teachers alone can't educate young people. "

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" In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose lives are in danger because of their sexual orientation. "

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

" Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries. "

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" It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also. "

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" We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism. "

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" You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual freedoms. "

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" If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the burkini. "

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" I feel totally French - I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots. "

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" I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read. "

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" On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively. "

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" Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. "

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" The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud. "

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" Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France. "

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" Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression. "

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" Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France. "

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" We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities. "

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" School is at once a place of hope, but it's also a laboratory that exposes our differences. "

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" I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics. "

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" I decided to make a lifetime commitment against social injustices, against inequalities, and that is why I am profoundly from the Left. "

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" We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them. "

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