フランス、なまりに基づく差別を禁止

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスの国民議会（下院）は26日、話す時のなまりに基づく差別は「人種差別の一種」だとして、これを禁止する法案を賛成98、反対3で可決した。（写真は国民議会で発言するフランスのジャン・カステックス首相）
　これにより、人種差別、性差別、障害者差別に加えて、なまりに基づく差別も犯罪となる。最高刑は、禁錮３年および罰金４万５０００ユーロ（約５６０万円）。
　フランス領ポリネシア選出のメイナ・サジュ議員は、自身のように、フランス本土以外のなまりがある人々が経験する困難について意見を述べた。
　両親が北アフリカ出身のパトリシア・ミラレス議員は、若い頃にアルジェリアなまりをばかにされた経験を語った。
　一方、地中海の仏領コルシカ島出身のナショナリストも党員となっている野党「自由と領土」のジャン・ルセー議員は、反対票を投じた。
　ルセー議員は強い南西部なまりで、「私は施しを求めていない。私が私だからといって保護を求めてもいない」と語った。
　フランスでは先月、極左政党「不屈のフランス」のジャンリュック・メランション代表が、議会で南部なまりのある記者に質問された際、「誰かフランス語で、もう少し分かるように質問してくれないか？」と発言。この場面を捉えた映像は、ソーシャルメディアで広く拡散された。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/11/27-15:09）

The French lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a law banning discrimination based on a person's accent, calling the practice a form of racism.
The text, overwhelmingly adopted by 98 votes to 3, adds accents to the list of causes of actionable discrimination, along with racism, sexism and discrimination against the disabled.
The maximum penalty proposed in the new legislation is three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.
The law, proposed by centre-right deputy Christophe Euzet, was the subject of animated debate in the house, despite the overwhelming vote.
At a time when the 'visible' minorities benefit from the legitimate attention of public authorities, the 'audible' minorities are the main forgotten people of the social contract based on equality, Euzet argued.
Maina Sage, deputy for French Polynesia, spoke of the difficulties that can be encountered by people, like her, speaking with an accent from outside the French mainland.
Patricia Miralles, the daughter of North Africans, spoke of the mockery that she encountered in her younger days over her Algerian accent, which she briefly reprised in the parliamentary chamber.
Other members of parliament denounced the fact that too many broadcasters with a strong accent get pigeonholed into reporting on rugby or reading the weather bulletin.
On the other hand, Jean Lassalle, of the opposition Libertes et territoires party which includes Corsican nationalists, voted against the text.
I'm not asking for charity, I'm not demanding to be protected because I am who I am, he said in his strong southwest France accent.
Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, a former lawyer, said he was very convinced about the need for the new law.
Last month Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the far-left France Insoumise (France Unbowed) movement, was caught on camera being rude to a journalist with a southern accent who asked him a question at the National Assembly.
Can someone ask me a question in French? And (make it) a bit more understandable..., Melenchon said then, addressing a group of reporters in a video clip which was widely circulated on social media.