There is far from Mont-Saint-Michel to Algeria. There is far, far away, from the question of the preservation of religious heritage to that of immigration. And it is a pure chance that Édouard Philippe unveils, in L'Express, his proposals on the most burning of current issues at a time when Emmanuel Macron reflects on "the centuries that are embedded" and that must be "considered with humility". Centuries apart, and yet, it is today on the same soil that the question of French identity, its permanence and its ruptures arises; that there is a clash between the cultural and spiritual foundations of our history and its recent contributions or questioning.
Thus, in L'Express, the former Prime Minister does not hesitate to point to what he calls an "immigration of the fait accompli"; A formula that goes beyond the observation of immigration "suffered". Recalling that the number of foreigners continues to grow in France and that they now come to 47% from Africa...
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