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Macron fends off criticism over Jewish ceremony at Elysee Palace

The French flag flies above the presidential Elysee palace in Paris (illustration). © AP - Michel Euler

French President Emmanuel Macron was forced to defend his decision to allow a Jewish ritual at the Elysee palace after critics accused him of failing to respect France's secular traditions.

Macron was handed a prize for his stance against anti-Semitism at a ceremony in the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday evening.

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