Emmanuel Macron receives Keir Starmer for the Armistice commemorations and it is historic

ARMISTICE – A first since the election of the British Prime Minister. Emmanuel Macron commemorates this Monday, November 11, the 106th anniversary of the 1918 armistice during a ceremony under the Arc de Triomphe in the presence of Keir Starmer. A ceremony placed “under the sign of Franco-British friendship”.

This November 11 will be both “traditional and special”had underlined the Élysée on Friday, because placed “under the sign of Franco-British friendship” as this year we celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale between France and the United Kingdom.

Keir Starmer will be the first British leader to attend since the end of the Second World War, Reuters points out. On November 11, 1944, General de Gaulle and Winston Churchill commemorated the Armistice under the Arc de Triomphe.

During an interview at the Élysée early in the morning, Macron and Starmer are to discuss aid to Ukraine in the context of the re-election of Donald Trump, reports the British agency. The appalling humanitarian situation in Gaza will also be on the agenda, Downing Street said. They will then lay a wreath in front of the statue of Georges Clemenceau, then in front of that of Winston Churchill, before going to the Place de l'Etoile.

President Macron will lay a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, rekindle the Flame and greet veterans and families of soldiers who died for France. The French army choir will play the Marseillaise, preceded by the English anthem, God Save The King.

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