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Macron says France won't remove statues, erase history

Europe Materials 15 June 2020 04:26 (UTC +04:00)
Macron says France won't remove statues, erase history

French President Emmanuel Macron said fighting racism should not lead to a “hateful” re-writing of history following worldwide protests over the killing of George Floyd, a black man, by a police officer in the United States, Trend reports citing Reuters.

Some protesters in the United States and elsewhere have targeted statues of historic figures associated with slavery or other past human rights abuses.

“I will be very clear tonight, compatriots: the Republic won’t erase any name from its history. It will forget none of its artworks, it won’t take down statues,” he said in a televised address to the nation.

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