How Macron's government debases public debate and aids the far-right
Emmanuel Macron and his supporters – including interior minister Gérald Darmanin – have not learnt the lessons from the president's first term and the fact that, twice in a row, the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen made it through to the second round of a French presidential election, argues Ellen Salvi in this op-ed article. All the while, she says, the government continues to lower the level of public debate, with the far-right being the main beneficiaries.
AA well-known former Argentine rugby player shot dead by far-right activists in the centre of Paris a year ago. There was not a word of reaction from interior minister Gérald Darmanin. Local councillors threatened with death and rape for having backed plans for a refugee centre at Callac in Brittany in west France. Not a word from Gérald Darmanin. A family planning clinic in the Gironde département or county in south-west France daubed with hateful graffiti. Not a word from Gérald Darmanin.
