"I Cannot Lose Interest in 2027," Says Valls, Who Designates "Islamism" as "the Main Adversary"

"The veil is not a religious sign. It is a political sign. It is the standard of a struggle, of a form of totalitarianism," says the Minister of the Overseas Territories.

Paris, 23 May 2025 (AFP) – "Every Republican candidate will have to have Islamism as his main opponent" in the next presidential election, said the Overseas Minister Manuel Valls in an interview published Friday by Le Parisien. Islamism, said the minister, "is an existential fight." "In 2027, every Republican candidate will have to have as his main opponent [...]