Anti-Racism Protests: France Won’t Erase History, Take Down Statues – Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference at the end of the Global Fund meeting to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria on october 10, 2019, in Lyon, central eastern France. Ludovic MARIN / AFPPresident Emmanuel Macron vowed on Sunday that France would not try to erase elements of its history or take down statues of controversial public figures, despite growing global scrutiny of former colonial powers in the wake of worldwide protests.
But Macron said the country would not obscure elements of its history or take down statues of public figures who may have advocated racist views or policies. Together, France and Africa need to find a “present and a future that is possible on both sides of the Mediterranean,” he said. Macron acknowledged that France had to fight against the fact that “the name, the address, the colour of the skin” can affect a person’s chances in their lives.
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