Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that the U.S. is no longer worthy of the monument that was a gift from France nearly 140 years ago.

The Trump administration will not entertain a French politician’s request to return the Statue of Liberty to France. “Absolutely not. My advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to remind them that it’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now,

A French member of the European parliament demanded the United States return the Statue of Liberty to France, arguing that America no longer upholds the values of the gift.

France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on during an official welcome ceremony for Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the Invalides in Paris, France March 12, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) - The stationing of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine,

French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed that Ukraine’s sovereignty grants it the right to request foreign military presence on its territory, declaring that Russia does not have the authority to approve or block such deployments.

"Ukraine is sovereign – if it requests allied forces to be on its territory, it is not up to Russia to accept or reject it," French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with Le Parisien.