Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says D-Day celebrations taking place in Europe are especially important this year, given the strain on international institutions like the European Union. The ex-Obama administration official told DailyMail.com outside the Normandy American Cemetery that the EU ‘was created to stop people from killing each other’ and Allied nations ‘don’t want to go back’ to pre-war fault lines. ‘At a time when Europe is challenged, when people are pulling at institutions, I think it’s particularly important to focus on and think about what was accomplished here,’ he said of the June 6 invasion of German-occupied France 75 years ago. Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says D-Day celebrations taking place in Europe are especially important this year, given the strain on international institutions like the European Union Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, with the Americans landing at a site nicknamed Omaha Beach nearby the memorial and cemetery. French and American Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump – with whom Kerry does not get along – honored the soldiers’ legacy at a Thursday afternoon ceremony. American legislators like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also attended. Members of Pelosi’s party are pushing for Trump’s… Read full this story
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