France has yet to find a forward-looking political discourse on racism
- Posted on March 31, 2026
- By Le Monde
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France has yet to find a forward-looking political discourse on racism
COLUMN. While Bally Bagayoko, the newly-elected mayor of Saint-Denis, has responded with composure to the media storm unleashed against him, leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is 'feeding the identity-based rhetoric of the far right,' writes Le Monde columnist Philippe Bernard.