We all remember the days when we had to sneak out of the house because we knew our parents wouldn’t approve of our outfits. If you had the same problem and at the time hard done by, then spare a thought for the women choose to wear burkas in France.

According to Grazia the French government is voting on a proposal to ban burkas, niqabs and full-body cloaks with eye slits. If the bill, proposed by Jean-Francois Copé, leader of the majority party UMP, goes through then women caught wearing the attire which leaves them ‘fully covered in public’ will be fined around £675.

Mr Copé said the Government had spoken to “religious and secular figures who all confirmed [the burka] was not a religious prescription.

“Wearing the full body veil is about extremists who want to test the republic,” he said.

He also added anyone who forces a woman to wear this attire will also be forced to pay an even bigger fine. We can understand this point, after all no-one should be forced to wear something they don’t want to, but we think banning someone from wearing what they want is a completely different story.

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