Overview
- LFI, which had threatened a boycott, joined Tuesday’s cross-party consultations led by minister Aurore Bergé to shape a government bill targeting what she calls contemporary antisemitism.
- Bergé opened talks Monday with civil society groups including Crif and Licra, then met rights bodies and local officials Tuesday, with several participants urging a universalist law that still addresses antizionist forms of hate.
- Mathilde Panot said LFI will attend to present proposals but will fight any “Yadan bis” that treats criticism of Israel’s government as antisemitism.
- The earlier Yadan proposal was withdrawn in mid‑April after backlash over plans to add “implicit” provocation or apology of terrorism and to criminalize calls to destroy a state.
- Bergé aims to present the new text before summer with a first Senate reading by the recess, a rapid timetable that officials link to a sharp rise in cases, including 1,320 antisemitic acts recorded in 2025.