Emmanuel Macron on Sunday denounced World War I General Philippe Pétain for his collaboration with the Nazis after previously praising him as a “great leader”. In a speech marking the 80th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv roundup – when France deported more than 13,000 Jews – the French president also denounced continued efforts by some – particularly on the far-right – to undermine the Vichy government’s – and in particular Pétain’s – role in the deportations. “Not Pétain, nor Laval, nor Bousquet, nor Darquier de Pelleport, none of these wanted to save Jews,” he said, referring to a string of...