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A French politician of Algerian origin "is the wrong type of person" to head the country's top anti-discrimination body, a senior member of the ruling UMP party said Wednesday, claiming it would be better to have someone "of French stock".
Gérard Longuet told France Info radio that French-born Malek Boutih, one of the nominees to run anti-discrimination body HALDE, was "the wrong type of person".
Longuet, who is the UMP leader in the French Senate, said in the interview he preferred the HALDE's outgoing president, former Renault boss Bernard Schweitzer.