May 8 Ceremony : Macron revives the flame at the Arc de Triomphe

Emmanuel Macron celebrated the 74th anniversary of the victory against Nazism on May 8th, 1945, in the rain-laden Arc de Triomphe, in front of a sparse audience.

President Emmanuel Macron, surrounded by military leaders and representatives of veterans, resisters and deportees, laid a wreath and rekindled the flame at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the sound of the Marseillaise and Song of the partisans during the traditional ceremony May 8th.

His predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-2012) and François Hollande (2012-2017) figured in the audience that the president went to greet, including the members of the government. Young people were sitting in two stands on Place de l'Etoile.

The capitulation of the Third German Reich to the Allies, which took place on May 8, 1945, marked the end of the Second World War in Europe, the deadliest conflict in history.............

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