Toulouse Tragedy: a turning point in the presidential race?

Toulouse: the name of this pretty town in south-western France will now forever be synonymous with death. The tragic deaths of three Jewish children, gunned down with one of their professors as they arrived in school, as well as the cold-blooded assassination of three French soldiers by the same man, have plunged France into a sea of sorrow and soul-searching. But what will the impact on the presidential campaign be?

POLITICS

By FRANCE 24

On the set:

Gabriele PARISSINI, Correspondent, Wall Street Journal in Paris;
Guillaume AYNÉ, Secretary General, French NGO "SOS Racisme".

Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

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