Applause and smiles, but also tears and calls.
In the Salle des Fêtes of the Élysée Palace, where he gave a speech this Monday morning for the attention of the harkis, Emmanuel Macron was briefly interrupted by part of the public.
Anxious to spare the legitimate emotion of his audience, the Head of State paused to exchange directly with some of his guests, and try to reassure them.
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But he went on to regret that there is "
something exhausting
" about always being criticized for not doing enough, including when he considers his ads to be up to par.
It must be said that the President of the Republic had long prepared his speech.
“
Today, in the name of France, I say to the harkis (...) that the Republic has contracted a debt towards them.
(...) I ask forgiveness.
We will not forget
, ”he said.
Believing that "
no pecuniary reparation can repair what happened
" at the end of the Algerian War, Emmanuel Macron added that he could not either, "
by words, repair 60 years of the life of our Nation
”. This is why he decided that a "
text of recognition and reparation law
" was going to be carried by the government, to recognize the "
singularity
" of the harkis, namely "
military abandonment
" and "
mistreatment of families.
".