Emmanuel Macron and the British Prime Minister rekindled the Flame of Remembrance under the Arc de Triomphe

Emmanuel Macron commemorated, Monday, November 11, the 106th anniversary of the armistice of the First World War, during a ceremony in Paris, under the Arc de Triomphe, in the presence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer. Follow these commemorations live, placed “under the sign of Franco-British friendship”and the France 2 special broadcast which started around 9:50 a.m.

The 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale. This November 11 is both “traditional and special”because placed “under the sign of Franco-British friendship”notes the Elysée, as the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale between France and the United Kingdom is celebrated this year.

“La Marseillaise” and “God Save The King”. After an interview at the Elysée, the French and British leaders laid 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. The French army choir will play The Marseillaisepreceded by the British anthem, God Save The King. President Macron laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, rekindled the Flame of Remembrance and greeted veterans and families of soldiers who died for France.

Sébastien Lecornu calls for a European military “awakening”. A few days after Donald Trump’s victory in the American presidential election, the Minister of the Armed Forces estimated, Monday, on France 2, that Europe “must be able to take care of themselves” to ensure its defense. “Fear must be transformed into a desire to build an agenda of sovereignty and European strategic autonomy,” rather than“a headlong rush which would leave security to be delegated a little more to Washington, which would be a historical contradiction”.