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80 years of the D-Day landings: Joe Biden welcomed at Orly by Gabriel Attal, the festivities are launched
80 years of the D-Day landings: Joe Biden welcomed at Orly by Gabriel Attal, the festivities are launched
(France 2)
The arrival of President Joe Biden at Orly airport on the morning of Wednesday June 5 marks the start of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Landings of June 6, 1944.
The American president’s Boeing 747 landed on the tarmac at Orly airport. Joe Biden is in France starting this Wednesday, June 5, for a historic visit. After exchanging a warm handshake with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who welcomed him as he exited the plane, his convoy, escorted by the police, crossed Paris. Several roads were closed to ensure safety, causing numerous traffic jams in the capital this morning.
In Normandy, the public is already eagerly awaiting the American head of state, although it could not be more difficult to approach him. “We already asked the security agents the question earlier, they told us ‘no, everything will be blocked, there’s no point in coming’”deplores a local resident, who nevertheless intends to try her luck. “It’s extremely important that he shows himself here”, says a spectator. But Joe Biden won’t arrive until Thursday. He will then go to a first ceremony, in the American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer.
