Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller

France vs Islamism: how does Macron hope to prosecute his war?

How does Macron hope to prosecute his war?

Montpellier

France is under attack. Two weeks ago, Samuel Paty, a middle school teacher, was decapitated in a leafy suburb of Paris after showing his students cartoons of the prophet Mohammed published by Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Last week, there were three killings at the Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice, and after that, an Orthodox priest in Lyon was shot and gravely wounded.

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