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Emmanuel Macron (R) is presented the great necklace of France's National Order of the Legion of Honour by its great chancellor General Benoit Puga (L), and recognized as the order's grand master at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 7, 2022, during the investiture ceremony of Emmanuel Macron as French President, following his re-election last April 24. (Photo by GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP)

Emmanuel Macron (R) is presented the great necklace of France's National Order of the Legion of Honour by its great chancellor General Benoit Puga (L), and recognized as the order's grand master at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 7, 2022, during the investiture ceremony of Emmanuel Macron as French President, following his re-election last April 24. (Photo by GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP)

May 07, 2022

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