France's Legion of Honour is the country's highest order of merit for both soldiers and civilians. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron was under fire from the French left on Friday for handing billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos the country’s highest order of merit.
Mr Macron’s office on Friday confirmed a press report from a day earlier, saying Mr Bezos had been given the Legion d’Honneur , the French republic’s highest award, in a small ceremony.strikes and protests against Mr Macron’s plan to reform the French pension system. Mr Macron’s office kept quiet about the award ceremony until weekly Le Point broke the news in its latest edition.
“Having already given a decoration to Mohammed bin Salman, a murderer of journalists, Macron has now awarded the Legion of Honour to Jeff Bezos, a champion of tax evasion, and a destroyer of jobs and nature,” he said on Twitter.Addressing Mr Bezos directly, another LFI member, Ms Leila Chaibi, said that “while we were marching against his pension reform, Macron awarded you a decoration in France’s name for avoiding billions in tax, destroying the planet and spying on staff.
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