Marine Le Pen to defy Macron’s request not to attend event for WW2 resistance hero

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Marine Le Pen to defy Macron’s request not to attend event for WW2 resistance hero

President said he was against members of far-right RN attending ceremony for Missak ManouchianThe French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to defy requests to stay away from a national ceremony to honour a second world war resistance hero.A spokesperson for Le Pen described President Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion she should not attend the event on Wednesday as “outrageous”. Continue reading...