"The State will systematically act as a civil party when a complaint is lodged", insisted French Education Minister Nicole Belloubet during a trip to Bordeaux, three days after the announcement that the headmaster of a Paris high school had received death threats following an altercation with a student over the removal of her Muslim veil. The French Education Minister took the opportunity to point out that the headmaster had "done a remarkable job". "We are fully behind him", she added. (COMPLETE VIDI34MV36R_EN) IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES