"Jean-Luc Mélenchon has just discovered that he committed a 'terrible error' regarding the Islamic veil. In 2010, he still considered it a 'sign of patriarchal submission.' In 2017, he was still mocking it as a 'rag on the head.' Today, change of scenery, change of electoral clientele… and (apparent) change of conviction.
He naturally explains to us that this is an admirable intellectual journey. But one could also see something far more prosaic in it: the opportunism of a man who meticulously tailors his speech to the electorates he aims to win over. Yesterday, the old secularist tribune held religious symbols in contempt.
Today, the candidate is cozying up to a segment of the Muslim electorate, on which France Unbowed heavily depends in many constituencies. The most remarkable part is that he would like to pass off this spectacular political conversion as a moral epiphany. Mélenchon hasn't merely pretended to change his mind—he has above all changed his strategy.
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