Angela Merkel has for the first time endorsed her party’s
call for a partial ban on the burqa and the niqab in Germany, telling delegates
at the Christian Democratic Union’s conference in Essen “the full facial veil
is inappropriate and should be banned wherever it is legally possible”.
The German chancellor’s CDU party is expected this week to
pass a motion proposing a ban on the full-face veil in some areas of public
life such as courts, schools and universities, as well as in road traffic and
during police checks. A full ban, as introduced in France in 2011, is seen as
incompatible with Germany’s basic laws.
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