Nice is an elegant and striking city, set against the azure Mediterranean. But there is history and politics behind the waving palms.
- Professor of History, University of California, Irvine
The answer is complex. But part of it lies in the fact that French society is still uncomfortable with its diversity.
Beyond the tourist fantasy of the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, France today is a fabulously colourful mixture of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, atheists. This is the situation all over Europe…
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