The idea would have been dismissed out of hand by Emmanuel Macron a few days ago, in the middle of a meeting at the Élysée dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings... the commemorations of which will take place just before the European election. Around the table, an advisor wonders about the opportunity to take advantage of the sequence “to send political messages and mobilize the Macronist electorate”. The president's immediate response: “Out of the question. We don't make politics about memorials. It is sacred. » Officially. Even if the temptation will be great...
Three months before the elections, and a National Rally more than ever given as the big favorite, the organization of multiple ceremonies reviving "the spirit of resistance in the face of authoritarianism" - says the Palace - will constitute a common thread which will necessarily echo the international context marked by the war in Ukraine and the desires of Vladimir Putin.
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