The French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan, pictured in Paris on 8 October 2025, was taken into police custody and questioned for ‘glorifying terrorism’. Photograph: Abaca Press/Alamy Tensions in France over how to respond to a rise in antisemitism have been running high. A government-backed bill that aimed to deal with the problem was rightly denounced as an attack on freedom of expression before being quietly shelved by the government last month.