After the Nice attack, messages of solidarity poured in from all over Europe

Nice, on October 29, 2020, the district of the Church of Notre-Dame was cordoned off by the police after a knife attack.

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A knife attack in the Notre-Dame church in Nice left three dead on Thursday, October 29.

Many European leaders have expressed their solidarity with France and called for union to defend common values.

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 We must resist together against violence and against those who try to spread hatred, 

” writes European Parliament President David Sassoli.

All of Europe is with you 

", tweet that of the European Council, Charles Michel.

All my solidarity with France and the French.



My thoughts are with the victims of the heinous attack on #Nice and their loved ones.



All of Europe is with you.

  Charles Michel (@eucopresident) October 29, 2020

This solidarity is reaffirmed in particular by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius.

The Czech people are also "

 with President Emmanuel Macron and all the French in mourning 

", according to their Prime Minister Andrej Babis.

Unity in the struggle

Unity in mourning, but also in struggle.

In Belgium, the Walloon Minister-President calls for combating obscurantist ideologies.

While its Prime Minister claims to be all the more determined to defend European values.

"

 Our hearts go out to the victims and their families, and the United Kingdom is on the side of France in the fight against terror and intolerance 

" for his part tweeted in French the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who said in the at the same time in shock following the attack.

I am shocked to learn the news of the barbaric attack on Notre Dame Basilica in Nice.

Our hearts go out to the victims and their families, and the UK stands with France in the fight against terror and intolerance.

  Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) October 29, 2020

His Italian counterpart speaks to him of a common front in defense of the values ​​of peace and freedom, just like the Estonian Prime Minister.

The latter also claims to stand alongside France to fight terrorism and extremism.

This attack comes in a tense climate after the assassination of Samuel Paty.

This teacher had shown caricatures of Muhammad to his students.

Turkey

was notably criticized

for not having condemned this assassination quickly enough.

Today she quickly communicated by condemning the attack in Nice.

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