Europe 1 with AFP 3:47 p.m., March 8, 2024
“To arms, citizens, citizenes”: singer Catherine Ringer made an impression on Friday during a reinterpretation of the Marseillaise, the “impure blood” which “waters our furrows” becoming “a pure law in the Constitution” for celebrate the inclusion of abortion in the Basic Law.
The star of Rita Mitsouko was invited to conclude the ceremony of sealing the Constitution at Place Vendôme in Paris, which was held for the first time in public in front of the Ministry of Justice.
“To arms, citizens”, the artist first allowed himself, garnering a smile from the Head of State and applause from the crowd.
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A cappella, but supported by the choir of the French army, Catherine Ringer then replaced the last sentence of the chorus of the national anthem with “Let us march and sing this pure law in the Constitution”, to the loud cheers of the crowd.
The singer was again applauded for a long time when she returned to her seat, among politicians, artists and anonymous people, who attended this historic ceremony.
“She did it in freedom,” Emmanuel Macron then commented to the press, recognizing that this version was as “original” as it was “unconventional.”