STATUE’S WATERLOO

The left-wing mayor of the French town of Rouen plans to remove a statue of Napoleon Bonaparte from outside the town hall and replace it with one of a modern feminist to promote diversity.

Nicolas Mayer-rossignol, who was elected last year, wants to take down the bronze effigy of the emperor, which has been a landmark since 1865, and replace it with one of Gisele Halimi, a French-tunisian feminist lawyer who died last year.

“I do not see why the most visible and symbolic public spaces, like the town hall, should be reserved for men,” he tweeted.