A bill was submitted in the French National Assembly that would criminalize reference to the 'great exchange' of the white population -. Information about France. The bill was drafted by Green Party MPs Sabrina Sabiehi and Stevie Gustav. According to the authors, it is intended to "increase the fight against hate speech, as well as expressions of racism and xenophobia." The MPs want to ban claims that the French population of European origin is gradually being replaced by immigrant groups. The 'great exchange' theory itself, they emphasized, could become a 'source of racist hatred and discrimination'. It is proposed to make the penalties tougher in cases where the offense is committed by a politician. Inciting discrimination or hatred is punishable by up to one year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros. Lawmakers propose increasing the penalty to three years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.

A bill was submitted in the French National Assembly that would criminalize reference to the 'great exchange' of the white population -. Information about France. The bill was drafted by Green Party MPs Sabrina Sabiehi and Stevie Gustav. According to the authors, it is intended to "increase the fight against hate speech, as well as expressions of racism and xenophobia." The MPs want to ban claims that the French population of European origin is gradually being replaced by immigrant groups. The 'great exchange' theory itself, they emphasized, could become a 'source of racist hatred and discrimination'. It is proposed to make the penalties tougher in cases where the offense is committed by a politician. Inciting discrimination or hatred is punishable by up to one year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros. Lawmakers propose increasing the penalty to three years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.