The president of the republic is getting a bit hot under the collar about how his policy towards illegal encampments is being represented abroad. The problem for him is that France, despite its boasting about having invented human rights and having given the world liberty, equality and fraternity, has had - like many European countries including the UK - a murky and none-too-glorious history when it comes to aliens and minorities. This history comes back to haunt...
There is a distinct feeling here, at the moment, that many of the values of the republic are being flouted. I don't know whether the Tricolore and the triple motto of Liberté Egalité Fraternité are consciously linked in their threefold symbolism, but a peek at the flag flying over the Chateau Grimaldi in Antibes last night showed that the red part, for me the best of the colours politically, was rapidly becoming detached. Is that a portent?
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