Emmanuel Macron could become European poster boy for India's right-wing

The Hindu Right likes the Macron way of dealing with Islam. To them, it is unapologetic and outcome-oriented Earlier in April, a fairly popular right-wing, pro-Hindutva website in India, The Frustrated Indian, published an article with the following title: ‘Won’t let Islamist separatism threaten France: Liberal Icon Macron goes all Attila The Hun on Political Islam’ In the piece, the author, Yash Joshi, argues that “Macron has done a complete volte face when it comes to tackling the illegal immigrants.” From a liberal leader who is soft on so-called “illegal immigrants”, Macron was now hitting out after seeing France “succumb to radical Islamists.” “Indeed, the French President’s politics has aged like a fine wine,” the piece declares with not-so-sublime mirth. Another TFI article from September asks in its headline: ‘What turned Macron from a left-wing politician to a supremely right-wing leader?’ The piece, authored by regular contributor, Abhinav Singh, speculates in its blurb, “Was he always a closet right-winger?” Resentfully complaining about how “radical Islamist thought in many regions of French cities” was threatening the “very idea of the French nation”, the author notes that French president Emmanuel Macron was gradually “drifting to the ‘right’ side.” He may not be completely mistaken, but more on that later. In doing so, he has sent a stern message to the rest of Europe that tooting the horn of liberalism is going to pay no dividends as radical Islamists continue their onslaught in the continent.” The author also recalls Macron’s “Islam is in crisis all over the world” comment made recently during a speech in the immigrant-dominated town of Les Mureaux outside Paris. Banerjee also gives a nod to Macron’s Les Mureaux speech, spiritedly arguing that it “completely changes the way France looks at Islam.” In a reference to the Macron administration’s recent decision to ban homeschooling to prevent ‘indoctrination’, an OpIndia piece from 3 October notes how “when the world is suffering from the increasing menace of radical Islam, France https://t.co/kfszYxEsbi — Anand Ranganathan March 23, 2019 A recent article in OpIndia by regular contributor, K Bhattacharjee, complained about how condemnation seen after Paty’s beheading was missing during the Tiwari murder.