Sarkozy blasted for focus on burqa

A former French presidential candidate has blasted President Nicolas Sarkozy for his focus on banning the Islamic veil in public instead of paying attention to farmers' issues.

Socialist Segolene Royal urged the French leader to concentrate his efforts on 'real problems' rather than the Muslim veil, known as the "burqa."

Thousands of grain farmers had gathered in Paris on Tuesday to protest the sharp fall in grain prices and the steep decline in their income.

Royal noted that more than 800 farmers committed suicide last year.

Sarkozy's government plans to push ahead with a ban on wearing a full-face veil in public, despite warnings from state legal experts that such a law is unconstitutional.

France is home to the largest Muslim population among the 27 European Union member states. Nearly 10 percent of the country's 62 million citizens are Muslim.

Source: PressTV.
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