The recognition of the country for one of its last resistance fighters.
Emmanuel Macron announced this Friday that a national tribute would be paid to Daniel Cordier, the penultimate Companion of the Liberation and former secretary of Jean Moulin, who died at the age of 100.
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“Daniel Cordier, the resistance fighter, Jean Moulin's secretary, is gone. When France was in danger, he and his companions took all the risks so that France remained France, ”
wrote the head of state on Twitter.
“We owe them our freedom and our honor.
We will pay him a national tribute. "
His
“incredible taste for freedom”
, his
“impetuous bravery”
, his
“insatiable curiosity”
and his
“immense love of France”
were praised by the President of the Republic, in a press release.
"With him, the living memory of the Resistance is extinguished."