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Tue 02 Feb 2010French PM outlines new steps to boost social unity
FRANCE’S ACRIMONIOUS three-month debate on national identity wound down yesterday, when prime minister François Fillon announced a series of mostly symbolic measures aimed at improving social cohesion.
After a special cabinet meeting on the identity debate, Mr Fillon outlined plans to strengthen civic education in schools and to require newly naturalised citizens to sign a charter of rights and responsibilities.
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