{"id":101496,"date":"2017-05-09T02:04:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T06:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=101496"},"modified":"2017-05-09T02:04:36","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T06:04:36","slug":"hollande-macron-chair-celebration-of-victory-in-europe-day-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/09\/hollande-macron-chair-celebration-of-victory-in-europe-day-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollande, Macron chair celebration of ‘Victory in Europe’ Day in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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France’s outgoing President Francois Hollande and president-elect Emmanuel Macron on Monday led a ceremony in central Paris to mark the 72nd anniversary of the end of World World II in Europe, known as Victory in Europe Day. (Photo: Emmanuel Macron\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PARIS\u2014France’s outgoing President Francois Hollande and president-elect Emmanuel Macron on Monday led a ceremony in central Paris to mark the 72nd anniversary of the end of World World II in Europe, known as Victory in Europe Day.<\/p>\n

Hollande kicked off the ceremony at the iconic Arc de Triomphe by laying a wreath at the foot of General Charles de Gaulle’s status.<\/p>\n

Under the escort of the Republican Guards, he came to greet audience along the Champs-Elysees avenue before meeting with his ministers at the Place de l’Etoile (Star Square).<\/p>\n

Attending the ceremony side by side, Hollande and his former minister of economy and adviser inspected troops to the national anthem “The Marseillaise,” laid a wreath and rekindled the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of Arc de Triomphe.<\/p>\n

They were joined in the commemoration by Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, ministers, lawmakers, veterans from the right and left parties, and military dignitaries.<\/p>\n

Neither of them gave a speech during the ceremony.<\/p>\n

The outgoing president told French media after the ceremony that he wanted Macron to stand by his side in the ceremony as a symbol of “passing on the torch.”<\/p>\n

“I wish him every success, and he knows that if he needs any information, advice, he will contact me. I will always be by his side,” said Hollande.<\/p>\n

Macron, 39, was elected the country’s youngest ever leader in Sunday’s presidential runoff with 66.1 percent of votes, defeating his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, who garnered 33.9 percent, according to final figures published by the French Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n

The official transfer of power between Hollande and Macron will be held on May 14 at the Elysee Palace.<\/p>\n

The Victory in Europe Day is a commemoration holiday celebrated annually on May 8 to mark the Allied victory over Nazism in World War II in 1945.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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