French government agreed to ban the burqa

The French government Wednesday approved a proposal for a ban on wearing the burqa or niqab in a public space. The draft will be voted on in July in the French parliament.
President Nicolas Sarkozy said during a meeting of his government that the''dignity''of women is fundamental to the bill. Clothing the body and her face covered in contradiction with the values of the secular French republic, says the head of state.

The highest French administrative recently advised the Government was no complete ban on wearing the burqa and the niqab to be announced. The French Council of State, there are no legal grounds for Muslim women in all circumstances prohibit their faces covered.

Belgian Chamber agrees to ban burqa

The Belgian Court tonight approved a bill to ban the burqa.

Swiss canton to ban burqa

Parliamentarians of the canton of Aargau have called for a nationwide ban on the wearing of burkas in public. Reported that the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger Wednesday. The parliament voted Aargau about filing a law to ban the burqa in the Swiss Council of State, covering all 26 districts are represented. The proposal was by 89 votes to 33 against adopted.

Spanish city forbids Muslims veil

Be the first Spanish city, the city of Lérida Friday wearing face-covering veils by Muslim buildings in the town prohibited. The ban applies to all clothing and accessories that hinder identification.

Of Councillors in the city in the northeast of the country voted 23 in favor, one against and two abstained. The ban should "respect the dignity of women" to promote, let the city know. It is also a plea for equality and tolerance.

In France and Belgium are working on a nationwide ban of face-covering niqab and burqa robes like.

Vice-President European Parliament wants EU ban burqa

A European ban on the wearing of a burqa. The garment is an attack on the freedom of the women like walking prison cell.

Koch-Mehrin writes in an opinion article in the German tabloid Bild am Sonntag. She agrees with the intention of the Belgians and the French to ban the burqa. The whole hiding women in veils, according to the 40-year-old politician "values we don't share in Europe."