France commemorates the 86th anniversary of the fall of the Republic under Vichy

The majority of French deputies and senators granted full powers to Pétain in July 1940.

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This Vichy regime, born from military defeat, marked the end of the Republic.

Historian Renaud Meltz examines how this past still haunts contemporary politics.

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