Monday marks the 106th anniversary of the Armistice of 1918. Emmanuel Macron and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer commemorated on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The two leaders celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Entente cordiale between France and France. United Kingdomsigned on April 8, 1904 to settle colonial disputes between hereditary enemies.
Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer met early this morning at the Élysée Palace. On Ukraineaccording to the French presidency, they reaffirmed “their determination to support [Kiev] for as long as necessary” at a time when the continuation of US military aid seems more than ever in doubt with the return of Donald Trump at the White House.
Between the Marseillaise and “God save The King
They also reiterated their wish to “pursue their efforts with all regional and international partners” for the return of peace to the country. Middle East and to continue their cooperation on “migration in the English Channelparticularly in the face of human trafficking networks”, added the Élysée.
The president and the British Prime Minister were then welcomed by Prime Minister Michel Barnier on the Champs-Élysées. A few steps from the presidential palace, they laid a wreath in front of the statue of Georges Clemenceau, then in front of that of Winston Churchill, before the English anthem, “God Save The King”, and the French national anthem, “La Fête”, were played. Marseillaise.
The best part ofFranco-British friendship
They then reviewed the French troops in a military command car on the Place de l’Étoile, laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe and rekindled the Flame. Finally, the two leaders saluted French and British veterans, before a parade by the Republican Guard.
“For our war wounded. For our orphans, widows and widowers of soldiers who have fallen for France. For our veterans, yesterday’s heroes. For our soldiers, our sailors, our airmen, today’s heroes”, wrote the head of state on X. On November 11, 1944, General de Gaulle and Winston Churchill commemorated the Armistice under the Arc de Triomphe for the first time since the Second World War. liberation of France. “The Franco-British friendship has come a long way and has been through a lot. It will be invaluable in tackling the challenges that lie ahead,” Michel Barnier told X.
Le Prime Minister will inaugurate a reconstructed trench at the Musée de la Grande Guerre in Paris this afternoon. Meaux (Seine-et-Marne). This open-air educational book provides an insight into the complex organization of this military system, made up of various strategic posts, as well as learning more about the very difficult day-to-day life of the soldiers.