The woman had attended the jury selection procedure at the court in Bobigny without a headscarf, but wore one on the first day of the trial.

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The civic groups can also take the credit for another, admittedly small, step: party leaders will now probably make the selection procedure for parliamentary candidates a little more open.

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"I think there's a feeling that Ken wasn't fairly treated over the mayoral selection last time and if Ken is back then I hope we would allow him to put his name forward for a fair selection procedure for the mayoralty nomination next time".

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