"A statesman whom we loved as much as he loved us." Emmanuel Macron expressed his "sadness" and his "emotion" about the death Thursday of former president Jacques Chirac. He greeted "this man who looked like us and who brought us together", who knew how to represent the "diversity of the nation".
A head of state who has courageously protect France "against extremes and hatred". "President Chirac embodied a certain idea of France," said Emmanuel Macron, "France which assumes its role of universal conscience."