Macron calls for 'constant vigilance' against antisemitism as France honors Alfred Dreyfus

Per France 24, on Sunday President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated a statue honoring Captain Alfred Dreyfus, whose wrongful nineteenth-century conviction for treason exposed the deep roots of antisemitism in French institutions. Macron decried what he called the resurgence of antisemitism's demons, emphasizing the need for constant vigilance to combat the prejudice that has shadowed France's history.

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