.... Last month Ms Le Pen claimed – wrongly – that 100 per cent of beef sold in the Paris area was slaughtered in keeping with halal.
Mr Sarkozy dismissed the claim as absurd but it emerged that 30 per cent of all beef in France is slaughtered according to halal or kosher rules, and only a small part is labelled.
Meat wholesalers, supermarkets and religious leaders say this is the best way to keep down the price.
President Sarkozy angered all these lobbies at the weekend when he promised to impose halal and kosher labels on meat and to ban halal meat from state-school canteens. [independent.co.uk] Read more
