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The French debate over banning the veil heats up :) Anyone else think Sarkozy just doesn't like them cause it hampers is checking women out?

Ban women wearing the burka from benefits and public transport, demands French government spokesman

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:30 AM on 20th January 2010

Women who wear the burka in France should be banned from using public transport or receiving state handouts, a government official says.

UMP party spokesman Frederic Lefebvre demanded that any woman breaking a proposed law making the garment illegal should be 'deprived of her rights'.

His comments came the day after the head of president Nicolas Sarkozy's party said Muslim women wearing full-face veils should not be granted French nationality.

If you insult your wife or husband repeatedly, you could soon find yourself in court if you live in France.
The charge? Psychological violence.
That's what the new offence will be called if a bill backed by the government is passed by parliament.
Once considered a purely private domain, rows between married or cohabiting couples could now prompt intervention from the state.
The French government wants to take the controversial step of introducing a new law banning "psychological violence" between married couples or partners living together.
But there are questions about how such an offence could be proved.

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Clever, articulate and sexy to boot..... A role model for all women perhaps ???????

The 43-year-old single mother, who rose from a troubled immigrant background to high office, follows in a long list of internationally famous female icons including Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve.

Miss Dati, is praised in the survey for traditional French female attributes including style, beauty and sexiness - but also for independence, dynamism and ‘inner steel’ in her professional life.
She received 26 per cent of votes in the poll of more than 3,500 French people. Miss Bruni received 16 per cent.

Born in Saint-Rémy, near Lyon, in the Bourgogne region of northern France, Miss Dati is viewed as an inspiring example to thousands of modern women from ethnic minorities.