Macron in l'Aisne: "The president is in the opposite situation from General de Gaulle in 1940"

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Emmanuel Macron went to La-Ville-aux-Bois-les-Dizy, in the north of France, to pay homage to General de Gaulle, Sunday, May 17, 2020. FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / POOL / AFP

By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

As part of his memory policy, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron launched this Sunday, May 17, in Aisne, the year of commemorations around General de Gaulle, but also of all the "French heroes". To talk about it, Frédérique Neau-Dufour, doctor and associate of history, member of the scientific council of the Charles de Gaulle Foundation is the RFI mid-day guest. She answers Jean-Baptiste Marot's questions online.

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"  The de Gaulle of May 17, 1940 [then still colonel] , it is the de Gaulle " first of drudgery " . It is he who has his hands in the grease, who risks his life to save a country which is going completely overboard on the military front because of its unpreparedness . "   

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