What does it mean to be French? How a cyclone set the debate adrift
- Posted on March 9, 2025
- By Le Monde
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What does it mean to be French? How a cyclone set the debate adrift

The cyclone that hit Mayotte on December 14, 2024, has reignited the semantic battle over French identity, phobias and concerns about cultural diversity. Especially when the other is an immigrant and the object of fantasies in a Republic questioning its future.