ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the theoretical perspectives of the discourse on cultural and religious diversity in the reports of two of the commissions, established consecutively in France and Belgium. French republican movement therefore sees reasonable accommodations, differentiated rights and multicultural policies as threats against republican principles and as a danger to France's future, which justifies their attachment to a combative perception of laicite, whose corollary is a consensus for the ban of religious symbols. The condition established for such financing harmonizes perfectly with the goals of multicultural republicanism, which rightfully requests the organization of encounters between groups to prevent withdrawal based on differences. La Commission du dialogue interculturel (The Commission for Intercultural Dialogue) [CID] was established by the Belgian federal government in February 2004, two months after the Stasi report was submitted in France. The Stasi report and the CID report alike suggest to their respective governments that they must move forward regarding the consideration of cultural and religious diversity.
