Question 13341 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Thomas Portes draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the need to strengthen coherence between the values ​​held by France and the diplomatic choices made in terms of relations with the Indian Government. Indeed, on February 17, 2026, the President of the Republic traveled to India and declared, before the Indian Prime Minister, that there was “no limit” to the partnership Franco-Indian. This trip, carried out within the framework of the strategic and technological partnership between two States, did not give rise to any clear condemnation of the human rights abuses and abuses committed against Indian political minorities, although they have been widely documented by various observers such as Freedom House, Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch. Indeed, the nationalist policies of Government currently in place in India is based on a religious conception of citizenship and is accompanied by restrictions affecting civil liberties, freedom of the press and the rights of religious minorities. Since 1950, consistent sources indicate that these policies have led to large-scale violence against political minorities, notably Muslims, Christians and Dalits, causing several thousand deaths. In addition, the adoption in India of legislative texts, such as the Citizenship amendment act in 2019 and the implementation of the National register of citizens, had the effect of reinforcing discrimination against these groups, partially excluding them from citizenship. Finally, restrictions on the issuance of visas at European level concerned the Indian Prime Minister, in connection with mass violence committed in 2002 in the state of Gujarat, then placed under its administrative authority. Thus, the MP alerts the minister to the silence of his ministry regarding these abuses of the right to freedom of religion, guaranteed in France by the constitutional rights set out in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 and at the heart of many of the country's international commitments. He questions him about the guarantees obtained from the authorities Indian standards in terms of respect for public freedoms and protection of minorities within the framework of the various commercial partnerships concluded. He also questions him about the existence of numerical indicators or internal analysis reports within his ministry on the evolution of attacks on fundamental rights in countries which are also strategic partners of France. Finally, he questions him about the concrete measures that the Government intends to implement in order to ensure effective coherence between republican and democratic values ​​and the conduct of France's foreign policy.

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