60 years ago, on February 8, 1962, nine people lost their lives in the Charonne metro station.

All took part in a demonstration for peace in Algeria organized by left-wing parties (in particular the French Communist Party) and violently repressed by the police under the authority of the prefect Maurice Papon.

This Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to them, thus becoming the first president in history to commemorate these victims.

In a brief press release, Emmanuel Macron declared that “on February 8, 1962, a united demonstration was organized in Paris for peace and independence in Algeria and against the attacks of the OAS.

It was violently repressed by the police: 9 people lost their lives, several hundred were injured”.

“Sixty years after this tragedy, I pay tribute to the memory of the victims and their families,” he adds.

Long-awaited tribute

This tribute, long awaited, "is part of a global process of recognition of all the memories linked to the Algerian war and which aims to build this common memory", specifies his entourage.

Already on October 16, Emmanuel Macron had also made a memorial gesture for the 60th anniversary of another tragedy, the massacre of several dozen Algerian demonstrators in Paris on October 17, 1961, declaring that these "crimes" committed "under the authority of Maurice Papon" are "inexcusable for the Republic".

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