Original sentence: However the closing credits of the film state that despite the ruling that war pensions should be paid in full, successive French administrations since 2002 have not paid anything to its former colonial soldiers.The discrimination by the French authorities against these soldiers continued as successive French governments froze the war pensions of these indigenous veterans when their countries became independent, and it was only after the film's release that the government policy was changed to bring foreign combatant pensions into line with what French veterans are paid
Edited sentence: The discrimination by the French authorities against these soldiers continued as successive French governments froze the war pensions of these indigenous veterans when their countries became independent, and it was only after the film's release that the government policy was changed to bring foreign combatant pensions into line with what French veterans are paid However the closing credits of the film state that, despite the ruling that war pensions should be paid in full, successive French administrations since 2002 have not paid anything to its former colonial soldiers