La France est un pays profondément raciste et Toulouse ne va faire qu’empirer les choses

Infographie : François Descheemaekere

Adrian Hamilton: France is a deeply racist country, and Toulouse will only make that worse

[The Independent]

The French have transferred their resentments from Jews to Arabs

Adrian Hamilton est éditorialiste au quotidien britannique The Independent, où il tient une chronique hebdomadaire consacrée à la politique internationale. Il a auparavant été rédacteur en chef de The Observer.

Barely had Mohammed Merah leapt from his bathroom widow in Toulouse yesterday, still blasting away with his gun, than politicians and experts were analysing just what it might mean for the President and the other candidates in the coming election. It's unseemly. It's obscene.
It has precious little to do with the facts of the case, the question of religion or the future of society in France. But it is what politics is now about, as much in France as the US.
Lire : independent.co.uk