FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Emmanuel Macron and ‘the poison of Bonapartism'” – below is their description.
IN THE PRESS – Wednesday May 5, 2021: Le Figaro writes that Emmanuel Macron has been “searching for the right tone” to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Napoléon Bonaparte. The emperor may have reinstated slavery, a crime against humanity, but l’Opinion writes that Macron will be looking to cater to right-wing voters, who see Napoléon as “the last bastion of a French legacy that’s under threat”. Communist paper l’Humanité, meanwhile, sees him as “a despot drunk on conquests that devastated Europe”. In other news, a farmer moves the border between France and Belgium to make way for his tractor!
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Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest.
It covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of 376 per square kilometre (970/sq mi). The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.
Legally, Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds. It is divided into three highly autonomous regions: the Flemish Region in the north, Wallonia in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region.
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