A five-year term placed under the sign of the national story.
After commemorating with great pomp the Year of Gaulle in 2020, Emmanuel Macron is preparing to celebrate another figure in French history next week: Napoleon.
A personality certainly less consensual in the eyes of some of his predecessors - including former President Jacques Chirac, who had refused to participate in the ceremonies on the Battle of Austerlitz in 2005 - but oh so important.
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As revealed by BFMTV, the Head of State will visit the Institut de France on Wednesday May 5, for the bicentenary of the Emperor's death.
Welcomed on site by Chancellor Xavier Darcos, Emmanuel Macron will attend three speeches: an introduction, delivered by the former minister of Nicolas Sarkozy, then two interventions by historians, including Jean Tulard.
He will then take the floor in his turn, in particular to explain the reasons which led him to make this choice, despite the controversies fueled by part of the
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