The 2026 municipal elections focused on deep identity debates in the working-class neighbourhoods, particularly around the concept of "New France" mobilized by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The Catholic Church does not escape these thorny questions, as Arnaud Bevilacqua shows in his chronicle THE CITIES OF GOD.
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The 2026 municipal elections focused on deep identity debates in the working-class neighbourhoods, particularly around the concept of "New France" mobilized by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The Catholic Church does not escape these thorny questions, as Arnaud Bevilacqua shows in his chronicle THE CITIES OF GOD.