'Eternal faithfulness to our dead'

paris - 'On 11 November, exactly 100 years ago, the Armistice went into Paris, like everywhere else in France,' said Emmanuel Macron this morning at the Arc de Triomphe. 'That was the end of four long and terrible years. In those four years Europe has almost committed suicide. 'In the presence of nearly eighty government leaders, the French head of state commemorated the 'armistice', which marked the end of the First World War.

'On 11 November, exactly 100 years ago, the Armistice went into Paris, like everywhere else in France,' said Emmanuel Macron this morning at the Arc de Triomphe. 'That was the end of four long and terrible years. In those four years, Europe has almost committed suicide. 'In the presence of nearly eighty government leaders, the French head of state commemorated the 'armistice', which marked the end of the First World War.