80 years after the end of World War II, "we will never have finished defending peace," says Macron.

On May 8, 1945, at 3 p.m., all the bells of the churches of France began to ring to celebrate the capitulation of Nazi Germany. Eighty years later, Emmanuel Macron celebrated with a solemnity that historic date, on Thursday afternoon, stressing that peace and freedom are again threatened in Europe.The President of the Republic gave traditional ceremonies a particular gravity.Before the great statue of General Charles de Gaulle, at the beginning …

"We will never have finished asserting the place of our country, the ideals it carries, defending our independence, our freedom and a stronger Europe," said Emmanuel Macron, 80 years after the German capitulation.

"We will never have finished defending peace. (...) And if some thought so, in recent years in Europe and in the world we have been reminded," the President declared on the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

The Head of State presided over the commemorations of the allied victory against Nazism in 1945.

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Speaker of the National Assembly Urška Klakočar Zupančič warned that Europe and the world are currently facing more difficult challenges than ever before. In her message, she called for peace, security and prosperity as key values.

On Thursday 8 May, at the end of the day, Emmanuel Macron warned, during the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Nazi capitulation, that "the spectre of war" reappears in Europe, calling for "never stop...