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French Politician Calls US to Return Statue of Liberty
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
|March 19, 2025
Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France.
PARIS:
So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the US is no longer worthy of the monument, which was a gift from France nearly 140 years ago.
Raphael Glucksmann, as a member of the European Parliament and co-president of a small left-wing party in France, can't claim to speak for all of his compatriots.
But his assertion in a speech this weekend that some Americans "have chosen to switch to the side of the tyrants" reflects the broad shockwaves that US President Donald Trump's seismic shifts in foreign and domestic policy are triggering in France and elsewhere in Europe.
This story is from the March 19, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ludhiana.
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