Macron leads national ceremony for terrorism victims

(Radio France) French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims and survivors of terrorism, as well as their families, in a sombre speech at [the] Trocadero in central Paris.

King [Felipe] VI of Spain joined Macron at the ceremony during which 98 people were awarded medals in recognition of their suffering.

The French president paid tribute to the trained first responders and also to the ordinary people who reached out to help … those in need.

Macron praised their selflessness and their sense of nationhood and told survivors and the families of victims that the French state would always stand beside them.

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