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President Macron criticised for plans to celebrate Marshal Pétain's WW1 role 

8 November 2018

Fierce criticism has greeted President Macron's plans to celebrate Marshal Pétain's service in WW1 - an idea which Professor Philippe Marliere (UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society) describes as 'utterly bizarre'.

Listen: BBC Radio 4 'World Tonight' (from 34 mins 38 secs).