When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French,… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts,… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
It was the students who entered kindergarten in 2011 who are - and I am weighing my words carefully - the sacrificed generation. It… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
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. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
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… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to… — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
