By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-07 09:24 Share CLOSE French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand in front of Napoleon s tomb during a ceremony to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte s death at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France, May 5, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
French President Emmanuel Macron said the country s hugely divisive former emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is part of us in a speech to mark the 200th anniversary of his death.
Speaking to an audience of historians and secondary school students at the Institute de France, the academy to promote the arts and sciences set up by Napoleon, before going to lay a wreath at his tomb in Les Invalides, Macron was deliberately neutral in his choice of words about someone whose legacy continues to provoke such contrasting opinions.
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