Commemorations of May 8: “What is striking is these almost deserted Champs-Élysées”

Commemorations of May 8 What is striking is these almost

Demonstrations are prohibited in France on the sidelines of the ceremonies of May 8, 1945. After the traditional Parisian ceremony, the President of the Republic went to Lyon, to pay tribute to Jean Moulin, resistance fighter and figure of the Second World War. Faced with possible concerts of pots of anti-pension reform, the Rhône prefecture has banned any gathering. Interview with Laurent Frajerman, socio-historian and associate researcher at the Center for Research on Social Ties (Cerlis).

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