“Despite the tears, this generation has today become the face of France.”
His speech finished, François Hollande returns to his chair in the solemn silence of the main courtyard of the Invalides.
Then rise the moved voices of Yaël Naïm, Nolwen Leroy and Camélia Jordana, who perform
Quand on n'a que l'Amour,
the famous song by Jacques Brel.
Two weeks after the attacks of November 13, the spirit of Bataclan blew over the ceremony of November 27, 2015, in tribute to the victims.
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This February 7, 2024, it is Emmanuel Macron's turn to chair the national tribute to the memory of the 41 French people murdered in Israel by Hamas terrorists.
Four months to the day after the attack, the President of the Republic chose to honor the memory of the victims not in the Court of Honor, but on the Esplanade des Invalides, in front of the monument for the victims of terrorism.
The future will tell if Emmanuel Macron's words will be remembered.
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