French president Emmanuel Macron tells Britons 'you are not leaving Europe' as he announces plans ...

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France's Emmanuel Macron will head to London in June to present the city with his nation's highest accolade, the Legion d'Honneur, to cement cross-Channel ties even after Britain's exit from the EU. 'Dear British friends, you are leaving the European Union but you are not leaving Europe,' the president wrote in an open letter published Saturday by The Times of London. This year marks the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's dramatic June 18, 1940, appeal from London, where he had escaped with the remnants of France's army, for French citizens to resist while awaiting UK and US help in fighting Nazi Germany. French President Emmanuel Macron, pictured, will visit London in June where he...

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