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French politician calls for return of Statue of Liberty

18 March 2025

1:23 PM

18 March 2025

1:23 PM

The Statue of Liberty was given as a gift by France, the United States’s oldest ally, to celebrate our centennial anniversary as an independent state. Now, as the US moves toward its quarter-millennial anniversary, Member of the European Parliament Raphaël Glucksmann is asking for it back.

Glucksmann said to supporters he would tell Americans that, “We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it.

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