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Macron and the defense of the Republic

France faces a choice between many things as it votes to elect either Le Pen or Macron as president

Emmanuel Macron (left), Marine Le Pen
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Emmanuel Macron (left), Marine Le Pen

Roger Cohen | NYT
After a French police officer, Xavier Jugelé, was killed in Paris last month, a service was held at Paris police headquarters. His grief-stricken civil partner, Etienne Cardiles, described their love and, addressing the murderer, said, “You will not have my hatred.”

It was a statement consistent with the resolute, dignified response of France to the terrorism that has struck it in recent years. The Republic, tested more than the United States of late, has not succumbed to fear or fanaticism. It has held the line and so has reinforced, in a time of indignities, the dignity of the French state.

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