Madam, – Your Editorial (“Citoyens”, June 13th) amazes me. As an Irishman, who is now a South African citizen, I cannot agree with your sentiments.
The French are right in their attitude to citizenship of their country. Any person or group who enjoy the rights of citizenship in a country should be prepared to live by the norms of that country.
The problem in Ireland and the UK is that integration of immigrants is not insisted upon. The result is that there are people and communities in both countries that establish their own areas and do not become part of the the general community. People should become thoroughly Irish and subscribe to the laws and norms of Irish society before being given the rights of citizenship.
Multiculturalism in the UK has failed and will also fail in Ireland. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – I was dismayed by your Editorial (June 13th). The simple values of the French Republic are known across Europe and the wider world: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”. Why should the French be required to accept as a citizen a man who refuses to acknowledge that the first two privileges of French citizenship also belong to women? The answer: they shouldn’t and they should be proud that they don’t. – Yours, etc,