Question 4106 — veterans and victims of war

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Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of the Armed Forces to the concessions of the fighters who died for France. In the aftermath of the Great War, France offered bereaved families either to bury their family member killed in combat in a national necropolis, or to return them so that they could be buried in a family grave. In the majority of cases, families wanted to bury their loved ones themselves in a so-called perpetual concession. However, concessions now have a maximum duration of 99 years. In municipal cemeteries, thousands of graves, where those who died for France are buried, have disappeared or will disappear. These tombs of the French heroes of the First World War are the indelible testimony, in the communes of France, of the human tragedy which took place at the beginning of the 20th century. This is why at the moment when we are celebrating the centenary of the Great War, he would like to know if the Government plans to take measures to conserve the graves of the combatants who died for France during this particularly bloody war, but also during subsequent conflicts in order to promote the work of memory for future generations.

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