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FNAM, National Federation André Maginot, the greater federation of veterans, had been brought together in Toulouse in recent days.
The FNAM (National Federation André Maginot), brought together last Thursday at the Palais Niel in Toulouse, the presidents of the affiliated associations of the Southwest, in connection with the fighting world of yesterday and today.
A meeting intended to meet their expectations, promote exchanges and to present or recall the missions of FNAM whose motto is “memory and solidarity”.
Memory transmission
On the occasion of this friendly day, General René Peter, president of FNAM, presented the federal medal to Father Gérard Batisse, parish priest of Blagnac and large local figure, in recognition of services rendered. And there are many, for this church man but especially in the field, chaplain in prison for 23 years, military chaplain, in particular at the 11th paratrooper brigade or even with the gendarmerie and the GIGN, of which he is one of the negotiators , and many more. Created in 1888, the FNAM is the eldest of associations of veterans and victims of war, even if it did not take the name of André Maginot (its president from 1918 to 1932) in 1953. A way of Rehabilitate the one whose action is wrongly reduced to the line that bears his name, while he is above all the founder of the right to recognition and repair. With 225 affiliated groups and 180,000 members, it is also the largest.
-“It is the only one to have a vocation to develop, and with a very large number of young people from external operations, we can say that it is intergenerational,” said its president. The transmission of memory to youth is today one of the irons of this federation which accompanies young people in their citizen career (subsidy of memorial school travel, devices such as defense cadets or defense classes and global security, and support for citizens’ rallys). In matters of solidarity, it helps veterans of all generations, and their families, to defend their right to recognition and reparation, attributes social allowances for members in difficulty, and participates in major societal or humanitarian causes. A shareholder of the French Games, FNAM is financially autonomous and has significant budgets.
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