With French politics in disarray, the man who revives the Right could have a shot at the presidency, boosted by Macronism’s collapse and Le Pen’s legal troubles.
The Left vigorously seized on the murder to denounce a climate of ‘Islamophobia,’ despite the accused’s lawyer saying there was no racial motive behind the slaying.
The shadow of Donald Trump’s policy of firmness towards the Latin American countries that initially refused to take back their nationals expelled from the U.S. hangs over Retailleau’s position.
