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FRANCE: Sarkozy ally gets slapdown from prime minister

admin — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:20:04 +0000

Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux, who has made waves for a crackdown on Gypsies and is appealing a conviction for a racist slur, is under fire from the prime minister for criticising the “disproportionate” sentencing of seven police officers.
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Le ministre de la justice défend l’action des magistrats

admin — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:39:55 +0000

“Je ne laisserai jamais dire que les magistrats sont laxistes”, a lancé Michel Mercier, en pleine polémique sur le soutien du ministre de l’intérieur, Brice Hortefeux, à des policiers condamnés

Hortefeux à Marseille après la mort d’un adolescent dans une fusillade

admin — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:07:16 +0000

Le ministre de l’intérieur, Brice Hortefeux, s’est rendu dimanche 21 novembre à Marseille pour une réunion en préfecture avec des responsables locaux.

FRANCE: Saudi security warned of al Qaeda threats to Europe, France

admin — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:19:37 +0000

French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said in an interview on Sunday that Saudi security services warned several days ago about an al Qaeda threat to “the European continent and in particular France”.
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FRANCE: France to dismantle half of all illegal itinerant camps

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:20:04 +0000

France’s Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux announced Wednesday that half the country’s illegal “travelling people” and Roma camps would be dismantled within three months, and that any caught breaking the law would be deported.
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FRANCE: Police come under gunfire again in riot-hit suburb of Grenoble

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:21:10 +0000

French police said Sunday they had come under gunfire for a second successive night in a riot-hit suburb of Grenoble, only hours after French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux (pictured) vowed to restore order “immediately”.
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FRANCE: Suspected Muslim polygamist charged with welfare fraud

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:20:02 +0000

A French Muslim man (pictured) has been formally charged Wednesday for taking welfare benefits to which he wasn’t entitled only two months after French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux accused him of polygamy.
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Brice Hortefeux satisfait de son bilan de lutte contre la délinquance

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:01:16 +0000

Le ministre de l’intérieur Brice Hortefeux s’est félicité jeudi d’une “stabilisation” du nombre de violences contre les personnes, en présentant son bilan de la lutte contre la délinquance au 1er trimestre 2010.
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FRENCH POLITICS: Interior Minister Hortefeux in court for allegedly racist remarks

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:20:03 +0000

A French anti-racist organisation has accused Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux of “public defamation of a racist nature,” for remarks he made at last year’s summer conference of the ruling UMP party. His trial starts Friday.
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