Question 20591 — foreign policy

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Ms. Marine Le Pen questions the Minister of the Armed Forces about making Invalides Cathedral available for events organized by foreign countries. On May 22, 2019, a concert organized by the Kosovo embassy created a stir among the Catholic community and the military community. The work performed was clearly not adapted to the place which is, in addition to the cathedral of the diocese of the French armies, the church of the country's soldiers in which so many tribute ceremonies took place. On the one hand, the choice of the work is obviously a provocation accentuated by the staging of the concert, and on the other hand, the provision of the Invalides Cathedral, an emblematic place for the French armies, to a country whose president, Mr. Thaçi, is the subject of suspicion of war crimes seems entirely questionable. Furthermore, she recalls that more than a hundred of French soldiers died for France during UN operations launched precisely to end the conflict in former Yugoslavia. She would like to know if the military authorities were aware of the work that would be performed, if an apology was requested from Kosovo following the excitement created by this concert and finally, more generally, what are the rules for making the Invalides Cathedral available to a foreign country.

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