minister laurence boone, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. why have the authorities decided to ban the use of fireworks during the july 14th bastille day celebrations this year? so, you know, after the riots last week, things have calmed down. it has been a huge drama and obviously people were really moved. and there s also been some riot that are absolutely unacceptable. the tension has softened and it s gone away and we think the situation is under control. but usually bastille day is the opportunity of fireworks, celebration and sometimes obviously some incidents. so given how close we are to the time of the riots, it was better to calm things down and avoid this. as well, you know, in some areas of france, there has been drought, and with fireworks, we better be careful. all right. does the government have a clear strategy to deal with this latest crisis? yeah, very much so. i mean, as you know, this is not a french specificity. it happened here in the uk exactly a
there is a feeling that there has been a form of window dressing buildings, fancy buildings, shiny trams that have brought no real results, nor tackled structural issues that residents face every day, eg, racism and access to the labour market. so there is no systemic racism in france. i think we also need to be very clear about this. that is not true. simply. there are social. why is it not true? because you will find some people sometimes being racist, but the vast majority of the population is not. we have a third of the population who s from different accents are not necessarily french. we are a mixed, diverse society, living together side by side in a very good way. i invite you to come to. i ve been to france many times, but that s the thing. do you actually count who your ethnic minorities are in france? because that s. .. you ve been citing britain, but that s a big difference between the uk and france.
a lot more than that. i ll give you some examples. we have put in place public service houses, 460 of them, modelled on the canada house of servicing. so, they help people, a bit like what the uk government did following the 2011 riots, they help people with the police, with the school, with healthcare, with all social venues, with holidays for the kids. we have been training a lot of these people. apprenticeship in france has been rising superfast over the past six years. it is a deeply entrenched problem which we are solving little by little. it s not only about money. i think we need to be very clear about this. yeah, but it s not only about money. let me tell you what emile chabal, who s currently at edinburgh university, says. he says a feeling. there is a feeling that there has been a form of window dressing buildings, fancy buildings, shiny trams that have brought no real results, nor tackled structural issues that residents face every day,
problem which we are solving little by little. it s not only about money. i think we need to be very clear about this. yeah, but it s not only about money. let me tell you what emile chabal, who s currently at edinburgh university, says. he says a feeling. there is a feeling that there has been a form of window dressing buildings, fancy buildings, shiny trams that have brought no real results, nor tackled structural issues that residents face every day, eg, racism and access to the labour market. so there is no systemic racism in france. i think we also need to be very clear about this. that is not true. simply. there are social. why is it not true? because you will find some people sometimes being racist, but the vast majority of the population is not. we have a third of the population who s from different accents are not necessarily french. we are a mixed, diverse society, living together side by side in a very good way. i invite you to come to.