Paris (AFP)
Emmanuel Macron "continues to deconstruct France" by replacing the military parade of July 14 with a military ceremony of tribute to caregivers, said the National Rally, which asked to "maintain" the parade.
To adapt the celebration of July 14 to health requirements, the traditional parade on the Champs-Elysées will be replaced by a military ceremony on Place de la Concorde, which will also pay tribute to caregivers, announced the Elysée on Thursday.
"Everyone can legitimately understand that a special tribute from the Republic is paid to those who for weeks fought with selflessness and exemplary courage to welcome, care for and save lives", writes the RN in a press release .
But "it is difficult to conceive and not to say perfectly incomprehensible, that a military parade which, by definition, scrupulously respects strict rules of organization, cannot pay homage and honor the various bodies of the French armies", adds the political party chaired by Marine Le Pen.
"No one could understand and admit that a military parade was canceled even though the authorities have authorized the resumption of almost all economic activity since May 11 and entertainment from June 22," said the party. 'far right.
Depriving the French of the parade "while the country, subjected to difficult, restrictive and restrictive living conditions hitherto unprecedented in peacetime, faced selflessness and discipline (with the coronavirus), is a manifest fault", considers the party, which calls to "maintain" this meeting "between the French people and its army, symbol of the unity of the Republic as much as of the greatness and the power of the nation".
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