Nicolas Sarkozy urges Emmanuel Macron to recognize the genocide of the Assyro-Chaldeans. Sarkozy: “Half of a population disappearing in a few months is not a massacre, as History is punctuated by it, it is a genocide, planned and orchestrated” “The government must decide and the President of the Republic must do so,” said Nicolas Sarkozy, before heading to the Élysée where the state dinner was held in honor of the Emir of Qatar.