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French civic exam 2026, Principles and values of the Republic
Which text is considered the founding text of laïcité (secularism)?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Naturalisation no. 30
Quel texte est considéré comme le texte fondateur de la laïcité ?
Which text is considered the founding text of laïcité (secularism)?
Answer. The 1905 law separating Churches and the State.
La loi de 1905 de séparation des Églises et de l'État.
The 1905 law organizes laïcité in France. The principle of freedom of conscience comes from earlier, from the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
The official text that proves it
« En France, l’État et les Églises sont séparés en 1905, plus de 100 ans après l’apparition du principe fondateur de la laïcité dans la Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789. »
In France, the State and the Churches were separated in 1905, more than 100 years after the founding principle of laïcité first appeared in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
To be confirmed against the four options shown on exam day, which the ministry does not publish.
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