Muslims in France: A Multilevel Analysis
Arthur Kaufman
George Washington University
Advisor: Michael J. Sodaro, Ph.D.
15th Claremont-UC Undergraduate Conference on the European Union
April 6 and 7, 2017
Scripps College, Claremont California
Muslims in France: A Multilevel Analysis
Abstract
Following the recent wave of Islamic-related terrorism and Muslim migration, Europe
has been forced to confront deep problems regarding identity and the place of Muslims in its
society. The integration of Muslims into the European community is imperative to states’ social
cohesion and stability, especially as these pressures continue to intensify. France is an ideal case
study to examine this issue, since it has incurred the deadliest and most recent attacks, and has
the highest proportion of Muslims in Western Europe. Investigating France’s attempts to handle
the issues surrounding Muslims would reveal interesting insights into the state of Muslim
integration in France and, more broadly, Europe.
To this end, this paper seeks to explain how French governments since 2005 have tried to
integrate Muslims in France, deal with immigration and terrorism, and cooperate with or diverge
from the EU and other Member States on these issues. It tests two hypotheses in a unique
multilevel analysis to determine whether France has addressed problems surrounding Muslims
using a more national, unilateral approach or a more international, multilateral approach. The research hypothesis is that national and domestic factors in France – such as cultural, economic, political, and educational differences between Muslims and the majority of the French population, attitudes of alienation regarding Muslims in social and political spheres, and acts of
Islamic-related terrorism – have resulted in a preference for national, unilateral approaches to addressing this issue. The alternative hypothesis is that international factors – such as France’s common interest with EU Member States in addressing immigration and refugee issues and in combating terrorism in Europe – have prompted French governments to cooperate with the EU
and Member States in implementing common immigration and counterterrorism policies at both supranational and intergovernmental levels.
The paper concludes that evidence supports both hypotheses. France has produced policies that reflect a national approach to these issues, often marginalizing Muslims and complicating their integration into society. However, France has also pursued an international approach by working with the EU and Member States to implement policy, reflecting the influence of foreign actors on issues surrounding Muslims in Europe.
Keywords: France, Muslims, Integration.
Muslim Integration in France: A Multilevel Analysis
I. Hypotheses
With the recent wave of Islamic-related terrorist attacks across Europe and the growing
population of Muslims on the continent, there has been a renewed interest in the topic of
Muslims in Europe and their place in the European community. France provides an excellent
case study for an investigation into this topic, as it has suffered several of the most recent,
intense attacks and the percent of its population that is Muslim is the largest in Western Europe.i
An analysis of Muslim integration into France would reveal interesting insights into the state of
Muslims in both France and the greater European community.
The first main wave of Muslim emigration to France occurred during the 1950s and
1960s, mostly from the former colonies of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, and also from sub-
Saharan Africa. As more and more of these immigrants settled in France, the number of Muslims
born in France increased. Today, while the French government does not collect official
information on religious affiliation, various estimations show that the Muslim population in
France ranges from about five million to seven million (almost equal to that of Germany, which
holds the greatest number in Europe)ii and represents from about seven to ten percent of the total population (more than any other European country, except Bulgaria).iiiiv The Muslim population
in France is composed of legal immigrants, legal citizens, and illegal aliens – but for the purpose
of this paper I will refer broadly to the Muslim population in France as “Muslims” unless
otherwise noted.
Generally, this paper will examine (1) the social status of France’s Muslim community,
i.e., the extent of Muslim integration into French society, (2) recent acts of Islamic-related
terrorism in France, and (3) the international and domestic implications of these phenomena. It
1 will revolve around the French state’s policies towards the country’s Muslims since 2005.
Specifically, it will investigate the measures that the government has undertaken in order to integrate France’s Muslims, to deal with immigration and terrorism, and to cooperate (or not) with the European Union and/or other Member States on these issues.
This paper will test two hypotheses that seek to explain French government policies towards Muslims: one will focus on national and domestic factors, and the other will focus on international factors. The research hypothesis is that national and domestic factors in France have resulted in a preference for national approaches to dealing with problems arising from France’s
Muslims. This hypothesis will assess religious and cultural differences between Muslims and the majority of the French population, economic disadvantages in Muslim communities, low levels of education among Muslims, low levels of political participation among Muslims, alienation in the attitudes of both Muslims and the majority of the French population, the expression of such alienation through political leaders and their parties, and acts of terrorism in France that are related to Islam. Here, the independent variable is the national and domestic factors, and the dependent variable is French governments’ (national and unilateral) policies towards Muslims.
The alternative hypothesis is that international factors have prompted French governments to cooperate with the EU and other Member States in implementing common immigration and counterterrorism policies at both supranational and intergovernmental levels.
This hypothesis will analyze France’s common interest with other EU Member States in addressing immigration and refugee issues, from Muslim countries in particular, and to combat terrorism in Europe, with its ties to Islam and the Middle East. Here, the independent variable is these international factors, and the dependent variable is French governments’ (cooperative and multilateral) policies towards Muslims.
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In addition to revealing a more clear view of the state of Muslims in France, i.e. in their integration into French society, this study essentially seeks to determine whether French policies towards Muslims are primarily a result of national and domestic factors, as suggested by the research hypothesis, or whether they are actually a product of international factors, as proposed by the alternative hypothesis. As we shall see, key individuals like Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande were very influential in the formation of these policies on both the national and international levels during their respective terms, and many of their actions still have a prominent effect on Muslims in France today.
If the research hypothesis is true, then we would expect the evidence to show the following. First, cultural factors, such as religion and dress, would make it difficult for Muslims to assimilate into the larger society. Second, Muslims would experience greater economic hardships relative to the majority of the French population. Third, Muslims would lag behind the majority of the French population in education. Fourth, Muslims would have disproportionately higher rates of incarceration. Fifth, Muslims would have low levels of political participation.
Sixth, Muslims and non-Muslims’ attitudes toward each other would be characterized by alienation, distrust, and even hostility. Seventh, French government and party leaders would have voiced negative attitudes towards Muslims. Eighth, French governments would have indicated a preference for dealing with domestic terrorism mainly through national measures, with little cooperation with the EU or other Member States. Such evidence would strongly support the idea that France has dealt with issues concerning its Muslim population in largely unilateral, national forms, without much influence from exterior bodies.
If the alterative hypothesis is true, then we would expect the evidence to show the following. First, French leaders would have supported common EU regulations to deal with
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emigration from outside the EU, prior to the recent wave of refugees seeking asylum in Europe
since 2013. Second, prior to 2013, France would have worked with its EU partners in trying to
control illegal emigration. Third, France would have played an active and positive role in the
Union for the Mediterranean, in part to reduce emigration from the region. Fourth, since the
recent wave of refugees starting in 2013, President Hollande and his government would have
promoted cooperation with the EU and other Member States in formulating approaches to deal
with this issue. Fifth, France would have increasingly cooperated with the EU and other Member
states in coordinating counterterrorism policies since 2015. Such evidence would strongly
support the idea that France has dealt with issues concerning its Muslim population in largely
multilateral, supranational forms, in sync with the EU and its Member States.
II. Literature Review and Sources
There has already been a good deal of literature published that, at least indirectly,
discusses Muslims in Europe, and specifically in France. The bulk of this literature seems to fall
under the headings of historical immigration, societal integration, and the dynamics of
intergovernmental or supranational immigration policy. The overarching theme that links these
topics is a common concern over the effect that a rise in the Muslim population of Europe would
have for Member States, the EU, and the West. Specifically, those who discuss historical
immigration track the history of Islam’s entrance into Europev and extrapolate the trends of
globalization to debate the possibility of a future “Eurabia.”vi Those who discuss societal
integration probe the tensions between diversity and assimilation and their negative
consequences,vii analyze how (Muslim) immigrants change not only their own identities as they
integrate into society but also the national identity of their host country,viii and investigate the extent and motivations of immigrants’ participation in civic society.ixx Those who discuss
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intergovernmental or supranational policy evaluate how interaction between states, particularly
through the EU, affects and even shapes immigration policy formation of the Member States, as
the EU both enhances and restricts states’ power in implementing their diverse policy
preferences.xixiixiii
This paper will draw mostly from the second and third of these topics – Muslim
integration into society and the dynamics of intergovernmental or supranational immigration
policy. It will build on the existing discussions in these topics but present a unique case study by
its focus on France. While other studies have concentrated on a wide EU level, broadly sketching
all or several Member States in limited comparisons, this study will provide an in-depth analysis that confines itself to just France, arguably the most interesting country for this topic. In addition, it is unique in that it will combine a study of the extent of Muslim integration into French society with a multi-level analysis of France’s policy towards its Muslims. These unique characteristics will offer an interesting addition to the existing literature on the rise and place of Muslims in
Europe, and specifically in France.
In addition to the secondary sources mentioned, this paper will examine such primary sources as the EU’s website, euractiv.com, Le Monde, the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Guardian, the Pew Research Center, and others.
III. Testing the Research Hypothesis
The first expectation of the research hypothesis is that cultural factors, such as religion and dress, would make it difficult for Muslims to assimilate into society. It is first worth noting that the society Muslims are attempting to assimilate into is one defined by a strong tradition of
Republicanism and laïcité which anchors all sides of the French political spectrum to varying degrees. Republicanism is basically the set of core values defined by a political philosophy
5 loosely derived from Jean-Jacques Rousseau that emphasizes common interests over individual ones, and it is applied by the state’s institutions in order to ensure uniformity to the ideal of the model French citizen who is properly prepared to participate in national public life.xiv Laïcité, based on a 1905 law on the separation of church and state, can be translated as “secularism” and it refers to the tradition of keeping government separate from religious affairs and religion out of government policies.xv The rise of Muslims in France poses a challenge to these national ideals, which plays out in a variety of ways.
The controversy over the appropriate form of dress for Muslims is a good example of this, particularly in the context of the recent laws banning the Islamic veil and headscarf in public schools and the burkini on beaches (later overturned). This controversy has only amplified the differences between Muslims and the general population in France, which does not help integration. Because of these laws, some Muslims have been expelled from schools and removed from beaches. Muslims themselves fall on both sides of the debate, which prevents a consensus from the Muslim population. Recent studies have shown that a minority of Muslims favor
Islamic traditions over French law, with 24% supporting the niqab, the burqa, and polygamy, and
29% claiming that sharia law should be more important than French national law. In addition,
60% declared support for the right to wear a hijab in public schools and institutions, even though only a third of Muslim women reported wearing it or a desire to wear it if they could.xvi
However, many Islamic feminists argue that Islamic headscarves can symbolize a woman’s submission to men and that it should have no place in mixed, secular spaces of France’s public institutions.xvii Opinions are diverse, and the battle goes on; meanwhile, these visible cultural differences impede a smooth assimilation into society, despite any other similarities Muslims may share with the general population.
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The second expectation is that Muslims would experience greater economic hardships
relative to the majority of the French population. This is supported by the fact that there is
documented religious discrimination in France. Statistics indicate that Muslims are two and a
half times less likely to receive a job interview callback than their equal Christian counterparts.
Additionally, second-generation Muslim households in France have lower income compared to
their matched Christian counterparts.xviii Muslims are thus disadvantaged economically from the start.
The French riots of 2005, which took place mostly in suburbs of high immigrant and
Muslim populations, had their origin in economic problems, like unemployment. Shortly before the riots, statistics showed that over 40% of youth under the age of thirty from North Africa, sub-
Saharan Africa, and Turkey were unemployed, compared to only 15% of French by birth,xix and
even with college degrees immigrants had double the unemployment rate (16%) than native
French college graduates (8%).xx Even in 2013, the unemployment rate of immigrants was
almost 80% higher than that of non-immigrants, and as Muslims constitute a large portion of
French immigrants, they were affected.xxi Muslim immigrants were thus struggling economically
much more than their native French counterparts, making it more difficult for them to integrate.
The third expectation is that Muslims would lag behind the majority of the French
population in education. This is strongly supported by the following. Data shows that there are
almost 10% more Muslims without a diploma than those in the general population, and as the
level of education increases, the difference between Muslims and the general population
increases dramatically, such that there are almost half as many Muslims who have completed a
secondary degree at university (high school plus four or more years) than those in the general
population.xxii This creates consequences in the professional world, as there are thus 10% fewer
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Muslims in full-time jobs than those in the general population and roughly 10% more Muslims
who are unemployed.xxiii However, the level of educational achievement typically breaks down
along class lines, which makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact place of religion in results like
these. The government has taken some steps to try to bridge the gap, but all of its measures must,
by law, be taken with reference to class, not religion. Moreover, it has implemented several
affirmative action-like programs in this domain to aid poorer neighborhoods, such as the Priority
Education Zones program, but they do not seem to have much impact on student success
anyway.xxiv Overall, Muslims tend to have a disadvantage in education compared to the general
population.
The fourth expectation is that Muslims would have disproportionately high rates of
incarceration. This is strongly supported by the fact that an incredibly large portion of people caught in the French criminal justice system are Muslim. A study in one region found that two-
thirds of minors judged in criminal court had a father born abroad (50% from North Africa) and
60% had a mother born abroad, and obviously a large portion of them were Muslim.xxv In the
prisons on urban peripheries, Muslims account for as much as 70% to 80% of inmates, even
though they account for only 15% of urban populations.xxvi In the French penitentiary system as
a whole, Muslims in the eighteen- to twenty-four-year-old age group are grossly overrepresented,
making up only 8.5% of that age group in France but 39.9% of all prisoners in that age group. By
contrast, those with a French father account for 75% of that age group in France but only 38.8%
of prisoners in that age group. Similarly, prisoners with a North African father outnumber those
with a French father 9 to 1 in that age group, and 6 to 1 in the thirty- to thirty-nine-year-old age group. Moreover, racist acts against citizens of North African origin are prosecuted only extremely rarely in proportion to the number of cases reported.xxvii (It is also worth briefly
8 mentioning that many of those who perpetrated terrorist attacks in France were formerly petty criminals and fell under the influence of radicalism in prison.) Clearly, Muslims are disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system.
The fifth expectation is that Muslims would have low levels of political participation.
This is supported by the following. A recent study has shown that only one-fourth of Muslim citizens in France are registered to vote and one-third of those who are registered voted in the second round of the 2012 presidential elections. Only 50% of Muslims have declared that they will vote in the 2017 presidential elections (compared to 62% of the general French population), and 78% of them responded that they would not vote for a Muslim candidate if one presented himself or herself. However, surprisingly, 47% of them believe that there could be a Muslim president of France in the future.xxviii Thus, generally, Muslims seem less politically engaged.
Despite this evidence, this expectation is contradicted by the following. There are over
1,500 Muslim organizations in France, most of which are local groups affiliated to national federations or religious institutions. Some of the main groups include the Union of the Islamic
Organizations of France (UOIF), the National Union of the Muslims of France (FNMF), the
Muslim Institute of the Mosque of Paris, the Organization of Muslims in France (RMF), and the
French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM). There are also a number of Muslim youth organizations that have been more successful at transcending the national and ethnic divides of the main groups mentioned above and at facilitating religious practice and civic engagement.
These include Union of Muslim Youth, the Young Muslims of France, the Association of
Muslim Students in France, and the Muslim Students of France.xxix
The CFCM is an interesting case. It was established in 2003 under President Sarkozy to be the main interlocutor to the state and represent all Muslim groups, however, it has been
9 heavily criticized for not adequately representing all of French Muslims and for being a tool for the state to control Islam in France.xxx The seats on the council are given proportionally according to a system which benefits groups with greater financial resources, especially those that receive funding from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. Its presidents have been very close to the state and many in France, including Muslims, have deemed its function unsuccessful.xxxixxxii
It should be noted that the Muslim community does not actively seek to consolidate a
“Muslim vote” or a “Muslim lobby,” as such an endeavor would pressure Muslims into a position of power confrontation with the government, and, therefore, instead of organizing to become a political opposition to the government, Muslim civil society groups try to integrate themselves into a national and global dynamic that transcends exclusive boundaries. The popularity of these terms (“Muslim vote” or “Muslim lobby”) seems to be more of a media fetish, constructed by politicians to more easily address, seduce, or antagonize Muslim electors for political gain.xxxiii Thus, overall it seems that Muslims have nevertheless pursued integration through at least some degree of political participation.
The sixth expectation is that Muslims and non-Muslims’ attitudes toward each other would be characterized by alienation, distrust, and even hostility. This is contradicted by the following. Studies have shown that the French public has the highest favorability and second- lowest (only by 1%) un-favorability ratings of Muslims out of all other European countries, at
74% and 27% respectively.xxxiv Surprisingly, even after the Charlie Hebdo attack in 2015, there was little backlash against Muslims in French public opinion, and attitudes towards Muslims became slightly more positive across all sides of the political spectrum.xxxv
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However, this expectation is supported by the following. There was indeed a significant
rise in violence and hate crimes against Muslims after this attack.xxxvi Also, while Christians
largely identify themselves by their nationality (90%) before their religion, Muslims are split,
with 46% viewing themselves as Muslims before French.xxxvii Indeed, 53% of the French general
population perceives Muslims as wanting to remain distinct instead of adopting French
customs.xxxviii However, it must be noted that in all of these polls, the figures for France were
remarkably different than those of other European countries with notable Muslim populations
(Germany, UK, Spain, et al.), which shows that Muslims in France are perhaps relatively more
integrated than their neighbors.
The seventh expectation is that the French government and party leaders would have
voiced negative attitudes towards Muslims. This is supported by the fact that a number of
prominent politicians and their parties have expressed negative views towards Muslims. Most
notably, Marine Le Pen and her National Front party have incredibly restrictive stances towards
Muslims via their immigration policies, such as huge reductions in legal immigration and
automatic immigration rights, tougher citizenship requirements and banning dual nationality for
non-Europeans, and priority to French citizens over foreigners for jobs and social housing.xxxix
The party has consistently spewed blatantly-xenophobic and anti-Muslim rhetoric, from Le Pen comparing French Muslims praying the streets to Nazis in German-occupied Vichy France, to demonizing immigrants and Muslims as enemies of French secularism, to insisting that Muslims
“cannot have exactly the same rank” as Catholics in society (quoted by Marion Le Pen, niece of
Marine Le Pen and another leading figure in the party).xl
Even figures from more moderate parties have had a largely negative relationship with
Islam in France. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of the center-right Republicans party has
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consistently, and especially recently, used harmful rhetoric towards Muslims when discussing
policy. During his presidential campaign of 2017 he called on France to “wake up,” stating that
“the tyranny of minorities” is “forcing the republic further into retreat each day,” and declaring
France to be a “Christian country.”xli In addition, his initiation and handling of the CFCM are
seen by many to be merely a tool for controlling Islam in France instead of genuinely
representing the interests of all Muslims in France.xlii President Francois Hollande of the center- left Socialist Party has also steered considerably towards the right in his rhetoric and policies towards Muslims over his tenure. In a recently published book about him, the authors reveal how he believes that “France has a problem with Islam… [in that] it wants to affirm itself as a religion of the Republic.” Moreover, his policies such as the states of emergency following the 2015
Paris attack have been harshly criticized by human rights groups for targeting Muslims through detainment and harassment.xliii In all, politicians do not have an amicable relationship with
Muslims which has not positively helped their integration into society.
However, the government has still taken more friendly stances regarding Muslims, even if through only indirect methods. Two examples that illustrate this are the supporting of mosques and Muslim cemeteries. While the state cannot directly subsidize religious organizations,
Muslims have organized cultural organizations that bypass the legal restriction and are thus able to receive financing from local governments to construct mosques. Still, the caveat to this bit of evidence is that by helping Muslims create visible places of worship and education, the government is able to better control them and pressure them towards accepting its Republican vision of integration. This relates to the government’s strategy with the CFCM.xliv Similarly, two
directives from the Interior Ministry have agreeably authorized local governments to allow “de
facto groupings of Muslims within communal cemeteries.” This measure is warmly received in
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the Muslim community, but non-Muslims have still complained a good deal about this dangerous
practice of communalism. Regardless, the government historically has shown some evidence of
positive attitudes towards Muslims in France.
The eighth expectation is that French governments would have indicated a preference for dealing with domestic terrorism mainly through national measures, with little cooperation with
the EU or other Member States. This is supported by the following swift measures that France
took in response to the multiple terrorist incidents of 2015-2016. The government deployed
10,000 soldiers on the streets to guard sensitive sites following the Charlie Hebdo attack, and
following the Nice attack it called up thousands of reservists to boost security and imposed a
state of emergency that is still in effect today (likely to last until at least next May), which
enables authorities to ban protests, carry out home raids, and place suspects under house arrest
without requiring judicial oversight. In addition, the government has given police officers more
legal flexibility to fire on suspects and allowed them to carry their weapons at all times (even
when off-duty). The government has added more security on public transport, announced large
investments of personnel and equipment for intelligence and surveillance departments,
introduced a “French Patriot Act” that gives the government extensive surveillance over citizens,
and attempted to reinforce secularism in schools. It has taken various steps to combat
radicalization by introducing strict legal measures targeting terror suspects, closing jihadist
websites, opening one of twelve new national centers for de-radicalization, launching a “Stop
Jihadism” campaign, introducing de-radicalization programs and measures in prisons (and increasing surveillance in prisons), and closing mosques and expelling preachers. Furthermore, the government has carried out bombing missions in the Middle East, particularly targeting ISIS in Syria, Iraq, and Libya, and following the Nice attack Hollande has vowed to increase these
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missions.xlv These actions all point to a strong national approach to dealing with domestic
terrorism.
The effectiveness of these measures has been questioned by both the Left and the Right, and no one can agree on the correct response to successfully combat the terrorist threat. Since the emergency laws, police and security forces have carried out almost 4,000 raids on homes, accompanied by search and seizures, and have produced only six terrorism-related inquiries, only one of which led to a prosecution.xlvi Moreover, human rights groups have been particularly critical of these actions, especially the expanded powers under the state of emergency, and the response is seen by many as discriminatory and abusive to Muslims.xlvii But despite the possible ineffectiveness, the evidence here points to a national approach to this problem; we will examine potential evidence to the contrary in the next section.
To summarize the findings for the research hypothesis, we can see that the evidence is largely consistent with its expectations, although a little bit mixed. Cultural factors like headscarves and other religious apparel have made it difficult for Muslims to smoothly assimilate, with ongoing controversies of their place in a Republican, laïc society. Muslims
certainly face greater economic hardships, such as job discrimination, income inequality, and
unemployment. Muslims also lag behind the general population in education at all levels to
varying degrees, and they are disproportionately affected by incarceration at extremely high
rates. Government and party leaders have certainly expressed negative attitudes towards
Muslims, both directly and indirectly, and the government response to domestic terrorism has
been largely through a national approach, although not completely effective nor fair towards
Muslims. However, evidence for Muslim political participation and alienation from the general
14 population is more mixed and perhaps less conclusive. Overall, under the government’s largely domestic policies, it has been very difficult for Muslims to integrate into French society.
IV. Testing the Alternative Hypothesis
The first expectation of the alternative hypothesis is that French leaders would have supported common EU regulations to deal with emigration from outside the EU, prior to the recent wave of refugees seeking asylum in Europe since 2013. At first glance, this seems to be supported by France’s involvement in the construction of the 2008 EU Pact on Immigration and
Asylum. Throughout his presidential term, during which France held the presidency of the
Council of the EU, Sarkozy focused heavily on immigration issues in domestic and EU policy- making, and this Pact was largely Sarkozy’s initiative. The idea was to develop a more comprehensive EU policy on migration and asylum, revolving around common commitments in the areas of legal migration, illegal migration, border controls, asylum policies, and foreign countries. Some of the details include integrating the Blue Card proposal, boosting Frontex, establishing a European Asylum System, cooperating with third countries on development and migration, and committing to the repatriation of illegal immigrants.xlviii
Additionally, Sarkozy was involved in and supported the Lisbon Treaty and the changes it brought about, which was also during France’s EU presidency and which include new measures on immigration. The changes introduced co-decision and qualified majority voting on regular immigration and a new legal basis for integration measures. This expanded the power of the European Parliament to address immigration issues. Also, the European Court of Justice was given full jurisdiction in the field of immigration and asylum.xlix By means of this Pact and the
Lisbon Treaty changes, Sarkozy certainly supported EU methods to deal with emigration.
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However, the details reveal that in both these documents Member States are still given
most of the control in key decision-making. In the Pact, the text was vague in delineating the
concrete aspects of how Member States would cooperate with each other to implement
repatriation of illegal entrants. Furthermore, such cooperation was agreed to on a basis of a
weakly-defined “mutual responsibility and solidarity,” which called on governments to
systematically assess the impact of their migration policies on other Member States.l Both of
these points reveal the lack of enforcement of the EU in coordinating Member States’ policies.
Moreover, regarding the changes under the Treaty of Lisbon, the text made clear that Member
States still hold a veto for setting the number of migrants entering their territory in search of
employment, which bypasses the powers of both the Parliament and the Council in immigration policy.li Therefore, France, under Sarkozy, might have engaged in initiatives to cooperate with
the EU and other states in emigration, but it ensured a priority of national above supranational
sovereignty in determining policy.
The second expectation is that prior to 2013 France would have worked with its EU
partners in trying to control illegal immigration. This is supported by France’s participation in
Frontex, EU’s border control agency. Frontex’s role is to promote, coordinate, and develop
European border management by integrating Member States’ border policies into a common
framework to deal with border control issues. A large part of Frontex’s work is dealing with
migration from Africa and the Middle East.lii France’s close geographical location and high
Muslim population make it one of the hotspots for incoming migrants, which has given France
an incentive to work with Frontex in managing migration issues. Indeed, France has consistently
supported Frontex’s operations. It was one of the first Member States at the Council Summit in
April 2015 to agree to provide more planes and boats for rescues under the expansion of
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Operations Triton and Poseidon when the EU decided to triple Frontex’s budget, and France is
known as one of the primary contributors to Frontex’s programs, like CRATE, the Centralized
Records of Available Technical Equipment for control and surveillance of external borders. This
is notable in that a lot of the concrete contributions to Frontex are performed on a voluntary basis
for Member States.liii In addition, the president of Frontex for the current five-year term is a
Frenchman, Fabrice Leggeri. For the most part, France has had a positive presence in the EU’s initiatives to address illegal immigration.
The third expectation is that France would have played an active and positive role in the
Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), in part to reduce emigration from the region. Certainly, there is little doubt that France was active in the UfM. The entire project was basically conceived by Sarkozy and spearheaded during his presidential campaign in 2007. It was launched at the
Paris Summit for the Mediterranean in 2008 at which Sarkozy managed to gather all but two of
the Heads of State and Government from the 43 Euro-Mediterranean countries. After a
successful initiation establishing the organizational structure and principles of the UfM, France
became one of the co-presidents. Its next meeting, the Euro-Mediterranean Conference on
Foreign Affairs, which outlined its concrete projects, was held in Marseilles. France even
managed to retain its UfM co-presidency position after its EU presidency ended, which
prevented three terms of potential new European presidencies.liv France has thus clearly played an active role in the UfM.
However, two factors must qualify this evidence. First, emigration was only a limited part of the objectives of the UfM. Its six strategic priority areas do not necessarily highlight immigration: they are business development, social and civil affairs, higher education and research, transport and urban development, water and environment, and energy and climate
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action.lv Second, and more fundamental, the key motivations for Sarkozy’s creation of the UfM
seem to have been more in the realm of personal, career ambitions and French national prestige
than genuine interest to cooperate with European actors on issues. If anything, it was an attempt
to regain some leverage from the EU and from Germany, its main European rival, who was
gaining international influence by leading the accession agreements with northern and eastern
European states during that period. This is shown by Sarkozy’s initial desire to exclude non-
Mediterranean countries (notably EU countries and Germany in particular) and to offer Turkey
an alternative to EU membership – and shown by the fact that both the EU and Turkey objected
to those respective terms.lvilvii Therefore, France’s cooperation with international actors in the
UfM must be assessed with a grain of salt.
The fourth expectation is that, since the recent wave of refugees starting in 2013,
President Hollande and his government would have promoted cooperation with the EU and other
Member States in formulating approaches to deal with this issue. This is supported by France’s
positive role in securing the recent EU-Turkey migration deal this year. France and Germany were the driving force behind the EU’s negotiations with Turkey, and they managed to organize an important yet controversial deal to stem refugee flows from Turkey into Europe. Besides the notable conditions of the one-to-one exchange and the more than three billion euros in aid, a notable part of the agreement includes reopening chapter 33 of the accession talks. This shows the extent of France’s interest in working through the EU to deal with the refugee crisis, because it was France that froze that chapter for Turkey in 2007 and it has taken a hardline stance against
Turkey’s entrance into the EU.lviii In addition, two billion of the three billion in aid will come
from the Member States themselves rather than from the EU directly, therefore France is making
a decent financial sacrifice to work out this issue as well.lix
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Another example of potential cooperation between France and other EU countries on this issue is in France’s complex relationship with Germany. Germany has proven to be more open to accepting refugees than France. Germany has larger state migrant quotas than France and has approved seven times as many asylum applications than France in 2015.lx In France, the debate on the refugee crisis is more commonly assessed from a security point of view than from a humanitarian one, as France has been more affected by terrorism. Accordingly, its actions reflect this stance, in that Prime Minister Manuel Valls has rejected any relocation of refugees that goes beyond France’s binding obligations, and the state has increased its security operations to combat terrorism by its military action in Syria, increased support to EU’s external borders in the
Mediterranean, and deployment of police to Greece as part of the EU-Turkey deal. Some see this as a cooperative division of labor between France and Germany, with the latter dealing with
Europe’s migrants and the former with Europe’s terrorism. However, many agree that these actions on the part of the EU and its Member States have been insufficient to adequately address the refugee crisis, as both of these countries are simply carrying out their national policy priorities and stalling on a more comprehensive, coordinated, long-term solution.lxi To this extent, France is indeed working with other Member States, but to a limited degree.
The fifth expectation is that France would have increasingly cooperated with the EU and other Member States in coordinating counterterrorism policies since 2015. This is supported by the following. After the Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015, France requested bilateral assistance from Member States under article 42.7 of the Treaty of the EU, invoking the article for the first time. This is a mutual defense clause that requires Member States to provide aid and assistance relative to each country’s capacities. The fact that France chose to invoke the EU mechanism rather than the NATO defense clause speaks to, among other things, France’s desire
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France has also been heavily involved in Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency.
France is one of the top users and supporters of Europol’s services, from coordination on taking down online terrorist propaganda to securing UEFA’s EURO 2016 that was hosted in Paris.lxiiilxiv
France’s ministers have consistently visited Europol for briefings, specifically on counterterrorism.lxvlxvi After the Paris attacks, Europol, France, and Belgium worked together to establish Taskforce Fraternité, under which the two countries provided Europol with terabytes of information, which resulted in 800 intelligence leads and over 1,600 leads on suspicious financial transactions.lxvii
In addition, France has been a major player in the coordinated military campaign against
ISIS in the Middle East. France was part of the U.S.-led coalition that started in 2014, and it hosted the International Conference on Peace and Security in Iraq in 2014 to assemble the support of more countries.lxviii Since then, it has participated in coordinated air strikes in both
Iraq and Syria, in which it has provided one of the strongest military contributions of all the members. After the Paris attacks in 2015, France increased their attacks and launched their largest airstrike of the bombing campaign. President Hollande has vowed to intensify France’s support in the campaign, announcing the tripling of France’s strike capacity in the region and the departure of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean.lxix The carrier was used as the primary naval strike platform for the coalition and became the flagship of the
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Task Force 50 that leads the operation – the first for a non-
U.S. ship.lxx Clearly, France has been very engaged with other international actors in coordinating counterterrorism.
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In relation to the evidence for the eighth expectation of the research hypothesis, the evidence presented here may seem slightly contradictory. Here, the evidence points to international measures to coordinate counterterrorism, whereas the evidence there points to national measures to combat terrorism. However, a closer look at the evidence reveals that the expectations are not mutually exclusive. France’s state of emergency and the additional domestic initiatives undertaken are logical responses that support, not undermine, its international responses to terrorism. More will be said about this in the conclusion.
To summarize the findings of the alternative hypothesis, we can see that the evidence is largely consistent with the hypothesis, although slightly qualified. Sarkozy has demonstrated support to common EU regulations to deal with emigration prior to 2013 through his endorsement of the EU Pact on Immigration and Asylum and the changes of the Lisbon Treaty, even if Member States still retained most of their autonomy. France has worked with its EU partners to control illegal immigration through its commitment and support to Frontex. Sarkozy has definitely played an active role in the UfM, although not exactly with the primary aim of EU cooperation or of tackling emigration issues. France has in fact cooperated with the EU and
Member States on dealing with the refugee crisis post-2013 through its active role in the EU-
Turkey migration deal and, to a lesser extent, its informal partnership with Germany. Finally,
France has certainly worked with the EU and other actors in coordinating counterterrorism policies, notably through Europol and its leading role in the military campaign against ISIS.
Thus, under a mostly international approach, France has largely cooperated with the EU and its international partners in dealing with issues relating to Muslim immigration and terrorism.
V. Conclusions
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In conclusion, the preponderance of the evidence, overall, is mixed: the evidence largely supports the research hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. France has proven to use national, domestic approaches to deal with issues surrounding Muslims in France which have often marginalized Muslims and made it difficult for them to integrate into society. At the same time, France has equally pursued international, multilateral approaches regarding these issues, which has involved working with the EU, its Member States, and other international actors to implement policy.
The bottom line is that these two hypotheses are not mutually exclusive – if anything, it makes sense that France has taken a varied strategy to dealing with these problems. Domestic factors are obviously extremely important because they occur on French soil and are thus naturally the primary concern of the French government. Simultaneously, foreign factors are also key variables that affect the state of Muslims in France and thus the French government has an incentive to engage on an international level, using the support of its allies, to more successfully address these issues. Thus, France’s domestic and international approaches to problems of
Muslim-related integration, immigration, and terrorism are complementary.
VI. Scenarios
The future for Muslims rests primarily on the following conditions. First, the war on terrorism. It is very likely that France and its allies will continue to conduct airstrikes on ISIS with the hope of eventual victory. It is very unlikely that they will succeed anytime soon. The more lives that are lost in the Middle East – civilian or soldier – the more leverage ISIS gains in the war, as that would increase both its chances of recruitment and the pressure on the West to withdraw, and the more migration becomes an issue. This situation does not lighten France’s problems with Muslims, and if anything it worsens them. If this is the case, it is possible that the
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French government, under growing pressure to deal with increased terrorism and migration, resorts to drastic measures to uphold its national security, and, based on the current and historical context, this would not bode well for Muslims in France.
Second, migration. If by some miracle the flow of migrants to Europe halted or diminished sharply, France, and Europe more generally, would have a much easier task of integrating its Muslim populations. There would be less fear of increased crime, terrorism, and a potential clash of cultures or “Eurabia,” and the government might be able to respond to issues surrounding Muslims in a more empathetic, inclusive manner. However, this depends heavily on the shaky EU-Turkey migration deal and whether it is able to successfully plug the inflow migrants to Europe, amid all of its problems with human rights and unstable politics between
Brussels and Ankara. This also depends on third countries, whose political, economic, and environmental climate pushes its citizens away and into Europe, which will probably not change unless their development issues are adequately addressed and ISIS is vanquished. This is very unlikely to happen. Therefore, a future of high levels of migration is likely to continue and likely to cause more problems for Muslims in France and in Europe.
VII. Recommendations
With President Hollande’s term coming to a close, the issues surrounding Muslims in
France will have to be addressed by the next president starting in 2017. It should be sufficiently clear by now that Muslims in France are far from integrated into society and are struggling to do so. It is imperative for whoever the next president is to rethink the current strategy that the government has taken towards integration, whether direct or indirect. The current trajectory is not stable, and continued domestic apathy and foreign aggression will only further marginalize
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Muslims in France and sustain the cycle of problems. France must reconsider its fundamental
approach.
The key to integration is empathy. If both the government and the general population
continue to treat Muslims as outsiders or as not capable of being truly French, then Muslims will
never be properly integrated into society and they will continue to pose problems for the state.
On the other hand, if France is able to empathize with Muslims’ struggles – whether they be
from terrorism, migration, or just general marginalization – and to see them as people, with a
shared human condition and values that transcend religion or laïcité, then France can begin to
genuinely connect with them and treat them as the equal, fellow citizens that they deserve to be.
This is the long-term solution to France’s problem with Muslim integration, and it must begin
now.
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