It's a cycle that ends in the emotion of the courtyard of the Invalides.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Algerian war, on this anniversary of the 1999 law recognizing the "operations" carried out then, Emmanuel Macron chaired a parade of arms on Tuesday morning to pay tribute to the former fighters.
Without speaking, the Head of State soberly decorated fifteen of them,
“called or auxiliary”
, having
“lived this conflict in the front line in their flesh and their conscience”
.
A press release from the Elysée also came to close this long memorial sequence started five years ago, recalling in particular the recognition by the executive of the
"singular fate of the harkis"
, to which the president
"asked forgiveness"
that's over a year ago.
“We understood that we would not move forward by closing our eyes”
, can we read in this text.
"During decades of embarrassment and silence, tempted by oblivion and denial, these men and women have borne the brunt of our...
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