France's Responsibility Over WWII Atrocities Denied

Jean-Luc Melenchon, the left-wing French leader, recently denied his country's responsibility over the roundup and deportation of French Jews during the WWII.

Melenchon strongly criticised French President Emmanuel Macron for his comment that Paris was responsible for the deportation and death of French Jews during the Great War. President Macron had acknowledged the European country's Holocaust-era guilt during a Holocaust commemoration event on July 16.

Melenchon said it was unfortunate that the president acknowledged France's guilt without knowing the 'actual' history. He explained that the legitimate French government was in exile in Britain during the WWII and the Vichy government, a client state of Nazi Germany, was in power in Paris. So, according to the left leader, it was the Vichy government (and not the French government) that committed the crime.