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Macron had originally intended to make an address inside the cathedral, but was advised that this would contravene France's strict rules on secularity.

This latest controversy was triggered by government figures which show that in the last academic year there was a big increase in what are described as "breaches of secularity" in schools.

“And that would be a tragedy, given the cultural importance and intense secularity of New York.”

"My fight is for secularity to be the norm," he told the BBC.

He said the government had a chance to make progress on civil rights, “abolish an anachronistic agreement and claim the secularity of the Italian State.”