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New law to ban insulting Tricolor
Insulting the Tricolore could soon become punishable by a maximum €3,000 fine
INSULTING the Tricolore could soon become punishable by a maximum €3,000 fine and a compulsory citizenship course.
Justice Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie has called for a change in the law following a scandal over the publication of a photo of a man wiping his bottom with the flag.
It was submitted in a competition for a “politically incorrect” image run by the chain Fnac in Nice.
An “outrage” to national symbols, including the flag and the Marseillaise is already a (more severely punished) crime but only if done during a public protest.