Sarkozy: "Good luck, mate."

On the 8th May, incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy and his successor François Hollande, participated in the Arc de Triomphe in the ceremony commemorating the Nazi capitulation. The event marks the beginning of the transition between the two heads of state, pending the formal handover on May 15. François Hollande’s first official visit of will be to Berlin to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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