France’s Macron Cozies Up to India’s Modi, as Bastille Day Is Marked in Wake of the Biggest Riots in Decades

Is it a coincidence that the French leader has chosen to celebrate liberté, égalité, and fraternité with a visitor criticized for upending all three in his own country?

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President Macron, second right, first lady Brigitte Macron, right, and Prime Minister Modi at Paris, July 14, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes/pool via AP

At the invitation of President Macron, Prime Minister Modi of India is guest of honor at today’s Bastille Day parade at Paris. Mr. Macron, who has been keeping a low profile since his country erupted just weeks ago in the most intense riots in nearly two decades, appears to have decided that pageantry and fireworks — many of which have otherwise been called off across France — are a fitting occasion for a public appearance.

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