Macron in Britain | June 18, 2020
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British authorities unboxed the Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square in central London on Thursday, June 18, 2020, prior to a visit of the French President Emmanuel Macron to London. For his first foreign trip since lockdown, Emmanuel Macron will be in London to mark the 80th anniversary of de Gaulle’s « appel de Londres », as well as cement Franco-UK ties at a strained time due to Brexit. A joint French and British jet flypast is announced to be performed at 5pm.
Monuments to Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi will stay hidden behind protective screens after far-right protesters in London threatened they will deface them. Monuments have become major focuses of contention in demonstrations against racism and police violence. Macron's visit to Britain is at a time when anger against systemic levels of institutional racism has raged through the city, and worldwide; sparked following the death of George Floyd in the United States on May 25, 2020.
Monuments to Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi will stay hidden behind protective screens after far-right protesters in London threatened they will deface them. Monuments have become major focuses of contention in demonstrations against racism and police violence. Macron's visit to Britain is at a time when anger against systemic levels of institutional racism has raged through the city, and worldwide; sparked following the death of George Floyd in the United States on May 25, 2020.
