08-05-2025
🔴Watch live: France marks 80th anniversary of World War II's end in Europe
Alpha Jets of the French Air Force Elite aerobatic flying team "Patrouille de France" rehearse a fly-over of the Elysee presidential palace ahead of the May 8 commemorations of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, Paris, May 7, 2025.
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Eighty years ago, on May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies. While the occasion is commemorated at the Arc de Triomphe every year, Emmanuel Macron has chosen to mark this anniversary in a bigger way, with a special evening ceremony.
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The President of the Republic is set to deliver a speech at approximately 6:10pm, followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a moment of silence before its eternal flame. At 7pm, the elite fighter jets of the French Air Force's Patrouille de France will perform a fly-over of the capital.
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Click on the liveplayer button above to watch FRANCE 24's special coverage of the commemorative ceremony.
