Emmanuel Macron, on holiday at the fort of Brégançon, will attend Thursday, August 17, as every year, the anniversary of the liberation in 1944 of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var) and will deliver on this occasion a speech, announced Friday the Elysee.
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The President of the Republic will participate in the ceremony of the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Bormes-les-Mimosas, in the presence of Mrs. Brigitte Macron, "said the presidency.
Wreath laying
This is usually the only official public appearance of the presidential couple during their summer vacation. He is also regularly seen at sea or walking near the fort, which is located in the town of Bormes-les-Mimosas. Emmanuel Macron is expected at 18:55 at the town hall for a laying of wreaths and a bell to the Dead followed by a presidential speech whose content has not been specified. The head of state promised a "major political initiative" at the end of August "in order to try to bring together around a clear and simple project all those who want to find their way around".
He will propose "to the political forces of the republican arc a series of meetings to determine projects on which to walk together", from ecology to immigration, said early August the Elysee. However, this initiative does not aim to create coalitions, the Republicans remaining very reluctant to any idea in this sense that would allow the presidential camp to win an absolute majority in the Assembly. On the 78th birthday in August 2022, the president denounced "Russia's brutal attack in Ukraine" andcalled on the French to "accept to pay the price of freedom, while the conflict weighs heavily on the economic situation in Europe.