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French president Emmanuel Macron talks with a former combatant, 80 years to the day after General De Gaulle launched, from London, his famous call to resist Nazi Germany. Macron is visiting the Museum of the Order of the Liberation in Paris. IMAGES
Paris, Nov 8 (EFE) .- (Camera: Josep Puig) France celebrates the 50th anniversary of the death of Charles de Gaulle, the father of the current Republic, a character who, over the years, has become a central figure in French politics, adopted by all parties and with enormous popularity.FOOTAGE OF THE STATUE OF CHARLES DE GAULLE IN PARIS.
Eighty years after General de Gaulle's famous call, on June 18, 1940, to continue the resistance against Nazi Germany, Emmanuel Macron begins a day of commemoration by going to the Order of the Liberation Museum in the Hôtel des Invalides. The French President celebrates the anniversary in Paris, Suresnes and then London. IMAGES
Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Glières national necropolis in Haute-Savoie to mark the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of France. President Emmanuel Macron is paying tribute to the Resistance fighters on the Glières plateau, where the German army and French militia fought against the Resistance in March 1944. IMAGES
French MPs hold a minute of silence at the National Assembly in tribute to Admiral Philippe de Gaulle, General de Gaulle's eldest son, who died in Paris at the age of 102. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).