The relief of the RN's temporary sidelining should not overshadow the public outpouring of racism aroused by the prospect of its coming to power, warns Le Monde columnist Philippe Bernard.
The electoral turnaround in France on July 7 was no miracle. If two out of three voters rejected the expected victory of the far right, it was not primarily out of enthusiasm for the economic policies of the other parties, but because they abhor and fear the racist France promised to them by the Rassemblement National (RN).
Sociologists will explain how the ineptitude of the RN candidate highlighting her "Muslim dentist" and her "Jewish ophthalmologist" and the brutality of the relegation promised to millions of dual nationals provoked a republican reflex. Two out of three French people refuse to live in such a country.
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