Macron presides over final Armistice Day ceremony of his term
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Emmanuel Macron marked the armistice at the Arc de Triomphe today, the final time he will do so as president. It is a moment of traditional unity for a nation that feels particularly fragmented; tens of thousands of young protesters remained in the streets yesterday for the eighth consecutive week of mobilization, with participants expressing hope that the movement will persist despite fatigue.
The political center is narrowing. A new poll shows Marine Le Pen widening her lead in presidential stature over her rivals, while the government faced criticism in the National Assembly for a minimum wage increase that the left has dismissed as a pittance. In the assembly, a petition signed by one million people calling for the closure of the CNews channel was blocked from debate by a coalition of pro-Macron and right-wing deputies.
In the courts, a psychiatrist testified in the trial of the parents of the ‘unknown girl of the A10’, alleging the mother turned her daughter into a ‘scapegoat’ child. Violence has also reached the legislature directly: Farida Amrani, an LFI deputy, was injured in a firework attack in Évry on Saturday.