L'Exigence

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| caption = First edition

| authors = Manuel Valls

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| country = France

| language = French

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| subject = French politics, Terrorism

| genre = non-fiction

| publisher = Éditions Grasset{{cite web|title=L'Exigence|url=http://www.grasset.fr/lexigence-9782246861300|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119162758/http://www.grasset.fr/lexigence-9782246861300|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2016|website=Éditions Grasset|accessdate=January 17, 2016}}

| release_date = 2016

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| pages = 96

| isbn = 978-2-246-86130-0

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L'Exigence is a 2016 political book about terrorism authored by Manuel Valls, the Prime Minister of France. All proceeds go to the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks.{{cite news|title=Manuel Valls va publier un livre début janvier|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2015/12/26/97001-20151226FILWWW00020-manuel-valls-va-publier-un-livre-debut-janvier.php|accessdate=January 17, 2016|work=Le Figaro|date=December 26, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Valls va publier un livre avec ses discours post-attentats|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/valls-va-publier-un-livre-avec-ses-discours-post-attentats-26-12-2015-5402757.php|accessdate=January 17, 2016|work=Le Parisien|date=December 26, 2015}}

Content

The book comprises a preface authored by Prime Minister Valls, followed by the two speeches he gave before the National Assembly on January 7, 2015 and November 13, 2015. The main theme is terrorism.

Promotional efforts

Prime Minister Valls promoted the book on On n'est pas couché, a French television programme on France 2, on January 16, 2016.{{cite news|title="On est pas couché" : Valls droit dans ses bottes sur la déchéance de nationalité|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/manuel-valls-dans-on-est-pas-couche-une-premiere-pour-un-premier-ministre-16-01-2016-5457569.php|accessdate=January 17, 2016|work=Le Parisien|date=January 16, 2016}}

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