The French, you know, have a good quality: They don’t toler… - Helene Ahrweiler

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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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Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler (born 29 August 1926) is a Greek-French academic Byzantinologist. She is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Greece.

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Native Name: Ελένη Γλύκατζη • Ελένη Γλύκατζη-Αρβελέρ

Alternative Names: Hélène Ahrweiler-Glykatzi • Hélène Glykatzi • Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler

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