French Parliament member wants US to return Statue of Liberty: 'Apparently you despise it'

A French Parliament subordinate is demanding that the U.S. instrumentality the Statue of Liberty to France, who talented it to the Americans successful the 1880s.

Center-left person Raphaël Glucksmann made the comments astatine a caller normal of his governmental party, Place Publique.

"We're going to accidental to the Americans who person chosen to broadside with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding technological freedom: 'Give america backmost the Statue of Liberty,'" helium told supporters, according to Le Monde, a French newspaper.

"We gave it to you arsenic a gift, but seemingly you despise it. So, it volition beryllium conscionable good present astatine home," helium added.

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French Member of Parliament and co-president of the "Place Publique" governmental enactment Raphaël Glucksmann delivers a code during Place Publique's legislature successful Paris connected March 16, 2025. (Getty Images)

France presented the Statue of Liberty to America connected July 4, 1884, earlier it was aboriginal unveiled successful New York City connected Oct. 28, 1886, by then-President Grover Cleveland for the centennial of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

The statue was designed by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi and weighs astir 450,000 pounds and stands astatine 305 feet tall.

A overmuch smaller transcript of the statue is displayed connected Allée des Cygnes, a tiny land connected the Seine River successful Paris. The Lady Liberty replica was talented to France by the U.S. successful 1889 to people 100 years since the French Revolution.

The Statue of Liberty was primitively talented to America by France successful the 19th century. (iStock)

Glucksmann, a staunch protagonist of Ukraine successful its warfare against Russia, has panned President Donald Trump for pulling backmost enactment for the state successful its combat against Moscow's penetration since February 2022.

He besides criticized Trump for cutting national backing to U.S. colleges and probe institutions, a determination that led to a French authorities inaugural aiming to bring immoderate of them to France.

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The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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"The 2nd happening we're going to accidental to the Americans is: if you privation to occurrence your champion researchers, if you privation to occurrence each the radical who, done their state and their consciousness of innovation, their sensation for uncertainty and research, person made your state the world's starring power, past we're going to invited them," Glucksmann said.

Glucksmann besides criticized right-wing members of the French Parliament for being a "fan club" for Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, a elder advisor to Trump who besides leads the Department of Government Efficiency.