© Jean-Paul Pelissier / ReutersBeziers mayor Robert Menard
A far-right mayor in France has made headlines for his anti-Muslim rhetoric once again, saying that being French means being "European, white, and Catholic." Now, an anti-racism organization has announced it is taking legal action against the politician.
Robert Ménard, the far-right mayor of the southern French town of Béziers,
told French news channel LCI that being French means, "in the words of Charles De Gaulle, being European, white and Catholic."
He went on to complain that 91 percent of children in some French schools are Muslim.
"Naturally, that is a problem," he said, adding that there are "thresholds in tolerance."
Responding to the mayor's inflammatory comments, anti-racism organization LICRA announced on Twitter that it has submitted a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office, accusing Ménard of hate speech.
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