Overview
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the government will place MP Caroline Yadan’s proposal on the April agenda, aiming to penalize antizionist speech by widening apologia-for-terrorism provisions and creating an offense of denying a state's existence.
- Speaking at CRIF’s 40th annual dinner in Paris before roughly 1,000 attendees, CRIF president Yonathan Arfi urged stronger laws and welcomed President Emmanuel Macron’s idea to make racist or antisemitic offenders ineligible for office.
- Lecornu stressed that supporting Israel’s existence does not mean backing its government, arguing that calls for Israel’s destruction put the Jewish people in danger.
- The prime minister called for the resignation of UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, citing her participation alongside representatives of Hamas or Iran as damaging to international credibility.
- Debate over the proposal is sharply polarized, with critics warning it could criminalize legitimate criticism of Israeli policy; Arfi labeled LFI an existential threat to French Jews as authorities reported 1,320 antisemitic acts in 2025.