Emmanuel Macron warns against a return to Europe in the 1930s

Caller to "Resist" Emmanuel Macron says to himself " hit " resemblance between the current situation in Europe and the inter-war period, in an interview West France published Wednesday, October 31 at night.

"In a Europe that is divided by fears, the nationalist withdrawal, the consequences of the economic crisis, we see almost systematically re-articulate all that has punctuated the life of Europe after the First World War to the crisis of 1929 'adds the President of the Republic. "You must have it in mind, be lucid, know how to resist it", in "Bringing democratic and republican vigor. "

The head of state is preparing to celebrate the centenary of the end of the first world war, visiting the battlegrounds in the East and the Hauts-de-France for a week from Sunday. Following the ceremony of 11-November at the Arc de Triomphe in the presence of a hundred leaders from around the world, then the first Forum of Peace in La Villette.

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