The Mulhouse visit is not the first time Mr Macron, an economic and social liberal who was swept to power in 2017 as a new politician of “neither left nor right”, has hardened his stance on social matters to court the conservative vote. In September, he outlined tougher immigration policies and said it was time to be “extremely firm” in applying asylum rules strictly given the surge in applications from foreigners taking advantage of France’s longstanding reputation as the “land of asylum”.
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