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The Toulouse shooting and the French presidential race

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After the Toulouse school shooting, almost all the major candidates for French presidency have suspended their campaigns. François Picard's panel wonders whether the tragedy will soften the rhetoric of a race that, for many, has taken a divisive tone.

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  • Waddick DOYLE, Professor and Chair of Global Commincation Department, American University of Paris;
  • Régis LE SOMMIER, Deputy Editorial Director, Paris Match;
  • Bernard KANOVITCH, Chair of the Committee for relations with the Moslem community, Jewish umbrella group CRIF;
  • Viteke KNOOP-RACHLING, Paris Correspondent, Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.

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