As a journalist, I refuse to repeat the phrase surrender monkey when reporting about France, because it reduces people to a hurtful caricature.

In the children's book, the clumsy surrender monkeys accidentally drop their flags but learn to be brave by the final page.

In a regrettable remark, the columnist used the term cheese-eating surrender monkey to refer to the French delegation, prompting an apology from the paper.

In his column, he condemned the use of the slur cheese-eating surrender monkeys and explained why such language is harmful.