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Emmanuel Macron chose the backdrop of the Palace of Versailles for a speech where he said it was his mission to reform France.

His decision to summon parliamentarians to Versailles sparked a backlash, with some left-wing politicians boycotting the speech, accusing him of acting like a Pharaoh.

Does the choice of setting for a big political speech make much of a difference? Here are some memorable political speeches from the archive.