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Speech by Emmanuel Macron in Bormes-les-Mimosas
Speech by Emmanuel Macron in Bormes-les-Mimosas
(FRANCEINFO)
“Let us remain this people always capable of reversing the inevitability of destiny, this nation in solidarity with all those who want to remain free,” insisted the head of state on Saturday.
“Let us not give in to division.” During a speech for the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var), Saturday August 17, Emmanuel Macron called for unity, asking to remain faithful “to this spirit of fraternity and commitment”. “Let us remain this people always capable of reversing the fatality of destiny, this nation in solidarity with all those who want to remain free”, insisted the head of state.
Recalling, in his speech, those French people who helped with the landing in Provence 80 years ago, “ready to give their blood and their dreams, their sap and their dreams, for this universal idea of our nation, for its hope of humanity and progress”the President of the Republic considered that “This heritage obliges us”.
In his speech, the French President recalled what France had owed, upon its liberation, “to the children of Odessa and Europe, the Maghreb and Africa, the Antilles and the Pacific”Emmanuel Macron called on the French to live up to those who liberated them, concluding his remarks by evoking “a great country, a great people, which we will pass on stronger and more united”.
