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“We are under attack for our values,” said French President Emmanuel Macron, who condemned the “Islamist terrorist attack” against a church in Nice that killed three people.
Macron said that after the killings in the church in Nice, the number of military personnel serving in the internal fight against terrorism will more than double and rise from 3,000 to 7,000, DPA reported, cited by BTA.
“In this way, we will be able to protect all the temples, especially the churches, so that All Saints’ Day (November 1) can pass in the right conditions,” Macron said after talking with officials and police. The president promised “the support of the entire nation for Catholics in France and elsewhere.”
“It is clear that France is the one under attack,” he said, referring to other arrests made during the day, as well as an attack on the French consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in which a security guard was injured. Macron assured that France will not renounce its values, especially the “freedom to believe or not to believe,” reported AFP.
The European Council expressed its solidarity with France
The EU heads of state and government said today that they are shocked and saddened by the new terrorist attacks in France.
“We condemn as strongly as possible these attacks, which are a blow to our values,” they added in a joint statement issued by the press service of the European Council. “We are firmly united in our empathy with France, with the French people and the French government, in the common and protracted battle against terrorism and violent extremism,” added the participants in the European Council.
They ask world leaders to work for dialogue and understanding between communities and religions, not for division. The statement was adopted at today’s meeting by videoconference of the European Council.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva offers her condolences for the tragic attack in Nice in a telegram to his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian. This was announced by the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“I am deeply shocked by the cruelty and brutal assault on civilians. This hateful act that took the lives of innocent people is an assault on our shared values and civil liberties,” Zaharieva wrote.
Ekaterina Zaharieva expressed her solidarity with France, adding that there was no cause to justify the terror.
“Together, Bulgaria and France, we will continue to work hard against the spread of all forms of extremism and hatred. Our common duty is to protect the highest human values: freedom, dignity and justice,” Ekaterina Zaharieva said in a telegram to Jean-Yves Le Drian. .
“I am deeply shocked and saddened by the news,” European Parliament President David Sasoli wrote on Twitter. on the occasion of the new attack in Nice.
“We all in Europe feel the pain and we have a duty to stand together against violence and against those who incite and spread hatred,” he added.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, wrote on the same social network expressing his deepest condolences for France and the French. All of Europe is with you, he added. In a subsequent press conference, Michel added that freedom of expression is fundamental in Western democracies.
“The world must develop on the basis of mutual respect. We are determined to fight those who threaten our values,” said the President of the European Council.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, condemned the attack, calling it “disgusting and cruel”. “I stand with France with all my heart, all of Europe sympathizes with France, we stand united in our determination against cruelty and fanaticism,” he said. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right that must be protected. The EU respects different religions and will never accept faith-based violence. True faith is peaceful and unifying, Von der Layen said.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also condemned the attack in Nice. Hate has no place in our societies and NATO is with its ally France, he wrote on Twitter.
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