Algerian Man Denied French Nationality Because of Sexism
Telegraph (London), June 10, 2011
The man’s application was refused because “his idea of sexual equality is not that of the republic”, according to a high-ranking official quoted by French radio station Europe 1.
The man, who has not been identified, is married to a Frenchwoman, but does not allow her to leave the family home freely, it was claimed.
The French constitution states that the government can refuse nationality or strip nationality for a “lack of integration”.
A spokesman for the interior minister, Claude Guéant, told the Guardian that the man had failed to accept the French way of life.
“His behaviour showed a lack of assimilation into the French community; it was incompatible with the values of the French republic, notably in respect to the values of the equality of men and women.”
The decision came after far-right leader Marine Le Pen wrote to French MPs asking them to support an end to dual nationality, claiming it “undermines republican values.”
President Nicolas Sarkozy is reportedly “very favourable” to ending dual nationality, the Guardian reports.
