Nice attack propels anti-immigrant sentiments into France’s mainstream
Michael Birnbaum in the Washington Post reports that, with France and the world reeling from the Bastille Day attack by a Tunisian-born residents, one sentiment is growing stronger: Keep the immigrants out. Across France, it is voiced by the far-right National Front party, which counts Nice as a stronghold. It is embraced by the center-right politicians dogging French President François Hollande ahead of elections next year. And though Hollande has preached tolerance and unity every time terrorism strikes France, his allies are also trying to tamp down immigration.
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