Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche!, or Onwards!, and candidate for the 2017 French presidential elections visits the Basilique Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers, Algeria February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina.
PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron faced a storm of criticism from his right-wing opponents over his comments condemning France's colonial past in Algeria, and on Thursday he refused to back down.
On a visit to Algiers on Tuesday Macron said France's history in Algeria was a "crime against humanity", he went on: "It's really barbaric and is part of that past that we must face up to also by apologising to those who were hurt."
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