"The French, you know, have a good quality: They don’t tolerate arrogance. I’m the same way. I voted for him, but when I heard him tell an unemployed man asking for a job to “go across the street” and get one, and especially after the cover-up of the Benalla scandal – when Macron’s security officer beat up a protester – he was finished as far as I was concerned."
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You openly expressed your support for Emmanuel Macron when he was elected president of France. Do you still believe in him?
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Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler
Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (29 August 1926 – 16 February 2026) was a Greek-French academic Byzantinologist. She was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Greece.
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