Prime Minister François Bayrou will chair the 85th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the call on June 18, 1940 at Mont Valérien in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine). It will take place on the memory site where 1,003 resistants, hostages, communists and Jewish confession has been shot by the Germans. The Matignon tenant will arrive at 11 a.m. on site.
Mount Valérien is a central element in understanding the German repressive organization on French territory. The Memorial of Fighting France was inaugurated by General de Gaulle on June 18, 1960.
2 – Gabriel Attal goes to London to exchange with French expatriates
The boss of the Renaissance presidential party, Gabriel Attal, will go to London this Wednesday, June 18 in order to exchange with French expatriates. The former Prime Minister will host a citizen meeting at the Doubletree London Kensington.
This Tuesday, June 17, the boss of the EPR deputies was the victim of threats from a preacher. Faced with these intimidation, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, seized justice. In this sequence viewed more than 10,000 times, the religious is addressed directly to Gabriel Attal: “You push us to a fatwa, a religious opinion that has never been taken by any imam for the past 25 years, since the law of March 15, 2004. I will be there, if there are not many people with me, to dictate it, to enact it”.
3 – Trial of Elias Rodriguez, author of the shooting at the Jewish Museum in Washington
The trial of Elias Rodriguez, accused for the shooting at the Jewish Museum in Washington on May 21, will start this Wednesday, June 18. The 31-year-old man was arrested after killing Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, two employees of the Israel Embassy in the United States, who were preparing to get engaged. Originally from Chicago, in Illinois, he faces the death penalty or life imprisonment if he is found guilty.
After being handcuffed, he chanted several times: “Free, Free Palestine” (“Free Palestine”). According to metropolitan police, he acted alone and quickly indicated the place where he threw his weapon.
4 – The manuscript of the call of June 18, 1940 enters the National Archives in Paris
The manuscript of the call of June 18, 1940 will symbolically integrate the collection of national archives in Paris tomorrow. It was unveiled to the press this Tuesday, June 17. This historical discourse, sent by the head of the Resistance Charles de Gaulle, was pronounced for the attention of the French from London. The text, written on two recto verso sheets, was arranged between glass plates.
The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati described “One of the most emblematic documents in our history”. The manuscript had been kept by Yvonne de Gaulle, the general’s wife, before going through bank chests for all these years and finally returned to the state.
5 – The good news of the day
Airbus shines at the Bourget lounge. The European aeronautical giant has announced nearly 20 billion euros in new orders since the event opening on Monday, June 16. The Saudi company Riyadh Air is planning to buy twenty-five A350-1000. This Tuesday, June 17, the Vietnamese company Vietjet announced commanding 100 A321neo planes in Airbus. The dynamics of Airbus contrast with the gloomy atmosphere of Boeing, which continues the disappointments as well as the falls on the stock market.
