French Elect Macron Over Far-Right, But With Diminished Percentage
On Sunday, France’s President Emmanual Macron won the presidency, gaining over 58 percent of votes.
It is a smaller margin than in 2017, when he won with more than 66 percent.
Far right leader Marine Le Pen won a higher percentage of votes this time.
Both candidates portray Muslims as a threat, and Islam as a dangerous religion.
Macron’s government has shut down anti-racist organisations such as the Collective Against Islamophobia in France and closed 92 mosques without any due process.
However, in a last bid to win Muslim votes Macron said Le Pen’s proposal to ban Hijabs in French public spaces would create ‘civil war’
The New York Times recently reported that Muslims, the largest minority group in France, are fleeing the country.
Observers say this is facilitating a significant brain drain and damaging France’s soft power.
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