Versuchen GOLD - Frei
Petain tribute comments raise ‘revisionist’ storm
Cape Argus
|November 17, 2025
A SENIOR French official said at the weekend legal action would be taken over comments made praising Philippe Petain, France's wartime head of state convicted of treason after World War II.
-
FRANCE'S Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, and France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez pay tribute to victims at the intersection of of Bichat and Alibert streets near "Le Petit Cambodge" and "Le Carillon" in Paris.
(AFP)
The row is the latest controversy over the legacy of Petain, a World War I hero disgraced for his collaboration with the Nazis.
Xavier Delarue, the government prefect of Meuse department in eastern France, said he would take action over remarks made following a mass for Petain organised by an association dedicated to restoring his reputation.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez anda leading Jewish community group also condemned the comments.
The Association to Defend the Memory of Marshal Petain (ADMP) organised a mass at the weekend at Saint-Jean-Baptiste church in Verdun, where Petain won a famous WWI battle in 1916.
Around 20 association members attended.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der November 17, 2025-Ausgabe von Cape Argus.
Abonnieren Sie Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierter Premium-Geschichten und über 9.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Sie sind bereits Abonnent? Anmelden
WEITERE GESCHICHTEN VON Cape Argus
Cape Argus
Two-Pot complaints: understanding the limitations
THE two-pot retirement system, introduced on September 1, 2024, has now been in effect for over a year, yet confusion around its rules continues to generate complaints, this is according to the Office of the Penson Fund Adjudicator (OPFA).
6 mins
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Family rallies behind Ederees Smith as bail hearing is delayed
EDEREES Smith and his co-accused Nazmie Lackay made their second appearance in the Mitchells Plain Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
1 mins
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Tuchel’s tactics shine as Three Lions stir ahead of World Cup
ENGLAND wrapped up their flawless World Cup qualifying campaign with a record-setting 2-0 win against Albania on Sunday.
2 mins
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Kolkata victory marks new era for SA cricket
PROTEAS’ SPIN REVOLUTION
3 mins
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
OBE still lingers in most South African schools
IN JULY 2010, Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) came to a grinding halt.
3 mins
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Finance Minister appoints Lebogang Mogashoa as new pension funds adjudicator
THE Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has appointed Lebogang Paul Mogashoa as the new Pension Funds Adjudicator for the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA), in accordance with section 30C(1) read with section 30C(3) of the Pension Funds Act, 1956.
2 mins
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
QUICK READ
LANDSLIDES triggered by heavy rain in Vietnam have killed at least six people and injured more than a dozen, disaster agency officials said on Monday, as the country’s flood-hit central belt endured relentless precipitation
1 min
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Rethinking NSFAS: minister sparks debate
RECENT remarks by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana have triggered renewed debate about the state of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).
3 mins
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
UK government defends plan to limit refugee status
BRITAIN’S interior minister at the weekend defended plans to drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, insisting that irregular migration was “tearing our country apart’.
2 mins
November 18, 2025
Cape Argus
Nuclear revival demands realism, not rhetoric
THE GOVERNMENT has once again revived South Africa’s nuclear ambitions.
1 mins
November 18, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size