Standing, in silence, the Prime Minister and the deputies listen to the words of Emmanuel Macron.
It is not he who speaks, but Richard Ferrand, in the aftermath of the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine: the Head of State transmitted a message which the President of the National Assembly read for eight minutes in the Hemicycle.
The same words are spoken by Gérard Larcher in the Senate, under a "right of message" unused since 2002.
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he concludes, reading the missive, to the applause of parliamentarians.
Deputies and senators are overtaken by the fire of the Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
They were preparing to leave the Chambers on Thursday - a suspension of work before the long-planned presidential election - but the offensive upsets their schedule.
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