The French President took part in celebrations on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the battle of Montcornet, one of the battles of the Second world war, in which armored division was in the battle of Charles de Gaulle. Thus Emmanuel macron has tried to unite the nation, which is experiencing a difficult moment in its history, according to the correspondent of “Kommersant” in France Alexey Tarhanov.In his speech on the occasion of the memorial for the French date President Makron outlined his vision of what happened at Montcornet may 17-20, 1940. He talked about the battle that really should have been called a fight.Tanks of the fourth armored division, which in the hurry of retreat, formed and led the 49-year-old Colonel Charles de Gaulle, tried to stop Guderian’s tanks and block their advance on Paris. The French, who counter-attacked without infantry support and air force were broken, but the Germans detained for two days, which, as we know, the war has not changed, and Paris is not saved. France surrendered, de Gaulle turned from London to the nation with the famous slogan: “France has lost a battle but France has not lost the war”. And after five years, the country celebrated the surrender of Nazi Germany in may of this year Emmanuel macron celebrated its 75th anniversary in Paris.After a week and a half of the celebration I was not at the arc de Triomphe. The President gave a speech in the broad field of freshly painted concrete pyramid. Many years ago it was put near a country road in the place where it was hit and burned out with the whole crew of the heavy tank B1 Sampiero Corso — French tanks were the names of the ships.It may seem strange that the head of state and Supreme commander of the notes is not the most triumphant moment in history. But now France is another war — with the coronavirus, and to win away. “We are in a state of war, was announced March 16 by the President, we’re not fighting armies, not against another country. The enemy is already here, invisible, he comes.”Photo: FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / POOL / AFPПрезиденту then recalled the “strange war” of 1939-1940, when the French army was in confusion to the Germans. The expression is applied immediately to the current efforts to combat the pandemic at the lack of masks, intensive care beds, the shutdown of companies and the threat of rampant unemployment and the other ills of quarantine, which fully faced France.Country copes with them, but with heavy losses — human, economic and reputational. According to the conducted before the release from quarantine surveys Odoxa for Le Figaro and Franceinfo, the French more than all Europeans are dissatisfied with the performance of his government. Among the respondents, 66% believe that the authorities were not up to par.”De Gaulle told us that France is strong when it is United,” the President said in his speech.Nothing the authorities do not now insist so vehemently to��to the need of national unity. An example of a leader who fought the French, the Creator of the Fifth Republic and its first President, a supporter of a rigid hand, paradoxically became the symbol of French democracy, it is important for the Emmanuel Macron. The more that 2020 gives a lot of opportunities to be reminded of. This year marks 130 years since the birth of the General and 50 years since his death and 80 years his call to the nation at the moment most, it would seem that national humiliation. The defeat of the 1940s- one of the most painful topics for the French. But we can not understand their desire to find moments of glory even in defeat. As among the achievements of General de Gaulle — place France among the victorious countries, the rise of the country on the fifth place in the global economy, an independent policy, a strong army, its own nuclear forces. Six-foot father of the nation, who learned her gratitude and ingratitude, became as much a symbol of France as Joan of Arc. He’s on the banner at all — the “macrosystem”, “lepenica”, “melancholico” and “Republicans” (who still has not found a leader), everyone wants to look his heirs. And here in the middle of his presidential term because of the invasion of the virus he faced the threat of surrender. Modernization gives way to the realities of survival. Economy Minister Bruno Le Mer uses the postwar 1946 as an example of an economic situation in which it may be the country.In this regard, addressing the French President Makron recalled the turning point of history, when “the battle of France started.”
