France is paying the price for normalizing Islamophobia

This article is a longer version of that first published on CNN The French presidential election campaign is taking shape and mainstream centre-right supporters have decided yesterday that their candidate would be chosen between Alain Juppé and François Fillon on the 24th of November. The big upset was Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat and this could mean a reshuffling of priorities on the centre right. It will be left to the two former prime ministers to navigate the coming week, and to one of them ..