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Added on the 08/01/2021 12:44:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Emmanuel Macron takes part in the commemoration of the liberation of Borme-les-Mimosas (southern France) that took place 80 years ago, in 1944. A traditional event during the week-long holiday that the French president and his wife enjoy at Fort de Brégançon, the residence of the Presidents of the Republic in the Var village. IMAGES
President Emmanuel Macron attends the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Prefecture of Police in Paris, in the presence of the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, the resigning Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Gerald Darmanin, the outgoing Minister of the Interior. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron kicks off three days of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, by presiding over the first ceremony at Plumelec, in the Morbihan region, in memory of the Breton maquisards and the first Free French paratroopers in the SAS, the British special forces, who launched Operation Overlord on the night of 5 to 6 June to open up a new front against Adolf Hitler. IMAGES
Polish minister of defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and Parliament speaker Szymon Holownia attend a ceremony in Warsaw celebrating 25 years since Poland's accession to NATO. A day earlier, President Andrzej Duda urged NATO members to increase their defence spending to three percent of GDP in response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu, attend a flag-raising ceremony at Cherbourg naval base, northwestern France, as part of a traditional tribute to the armed forces. IMAGES