I wish them luck, but I suspect this will just give Islamists the opportunity to all congregate in the same place, and share plans.
PARIS: France will create regional centres to de-radicalise people and prevent them joining extremist groups, the prime minister said Monday (May 9) as he laid out measures in response to last year’s terror attacks that killed 147 people.
The centres covering all 12 of France’s regions will take people referred by the justice system and try to stop them being sucked into extremist networks where they could mount attacks, Mr Manuel Valls said.
“The fight against jihadism is without doubt the big challenge of our generation,” Mr Valls said, flanked by the interior and justice ministers.
The anti-terror plan, which will cost an additional 40 million euros (US$45.5 million) by 2018 on top of current funding, aims to double existing efforts to try to help people already in extremist networks or those likely to join such groups.