In other words, he acknowledged that France faces a jihad but warned that those who call attention to its root causes in Islamic texts and teachings will continue to be stigmatized and demonized.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe “added that all individuals working in the country’s intelligence services will undergo a full security check to search for ‘signals’ of radicalization that could have been missed.”
This is and will be just cosmetics. The French authorities won’t dare anything serious to resist the advancing jihad. It is not even likely that the French intelligence services, after years and years of politically correct denial and willful ignorance, have any idea what the “‘signals’ of radicalization” even are.
Also, if the killer had been a “right-wing extremist,” would Macron be warning against “suspicion that corrodes”?
“Macron Honors French Police Employees Killed in Attack,” by Thomas Adamson, Associated Press, October 8, 2019:
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron led a national tribute Tuesday to the four police employees slain in last week’s knife attack in Paris, calling them “victims of Islamic terrorism.”…
“The whole nation (must) unite, mobilize, act… We will only win if our country gets up to fight against this underground Islamism that corrupts the children of France,” he added.
He proposed establishing a “society of vigilance” to protect France, a country still reeling from numerous extremist attacks in recent years — but he warned the French against “suspicion that corrodes.”
Though Interior Minister Christophe Castaner initially said there were “no warning signs” before the attack, he has since acknowledged breaches in security over a failure to detect signals of the attacker’s radicalization. The man had previously “justified” the deadly 2015 Islamic extremist attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in front of his colleagues. No written report was made at the time….
Speaking Tuesday at the National Assembly, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe paid tribute to the police officers and intelligence services’ efforts to fight against extremism….
He added that all individuals working in the country’s intelligence services will undergo a full security check to search for “signals” of radicalization that could have been missed….
Authorities said the attacker had worked for the Paris police force at the computer department of the intelligence unit since 2003 and didn’t have a history of psychiatric problems. He had security clearance.
Tuesday’s ceremony came as justice officials said French investigators found a USB stick belonging to the killer containing information about his colleagues.
Officials didn’t immediately confirm several French media reports that the memory stick contained “jihadi propaganda.”