France 'national identity' debate
Updated on 26 November 2009
The French government is asking the nation what it means to be French, in what is being billed as a "Great Debate" against a backdrop of ethnic tension.
All French citizens are in principle invited to take part in a series of meetings across the country, lasting until January 31.
The country has seen smouldering unrest in immigrant-heavy suburbs, a movement to ban full Muslim veils, and questions over whether France's essential identity is vanishing in a complex world.
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