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Monday, May 8, Emmanuel Macron attended the traditional commemoration ceremony in Paris. The Head of State then paid tribute to the resistance fighters and the victims of Nazism in the former Montluc prison in Lyon.
A symbolic visit to a place steeped in history. Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to resistance fighters and victims of Nazism in the former Montluc prison, in Lyon (Rhône), Monday, May 8. The objective was to bring the French people together around memory. In a tense social context with the pension reform, the words of the President of the Republic have a very particular resonance. “Republican France has been inseparable since the Enlightenment and the great Revolution from the values of justice and freedom”said the head of state.
“I don’t want to die at work”
Resist is the word chosen by demonstrators who gathered outside the security perimeter to protest against the pension reform. “I don’t want to die at work”, says a woman. Earlier in the day on Monday, Emmanuel Macron was on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. At the end of the traditional commemoration ceremony, he enjoyed a walkabout with the official guests of the event.
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