Philippe Leire, Axalta sales manager for powder coatings in France, said: "The La
Marseillaise project is a double success.
Philippe Leire, Axalta sales manager for powder coatings in France, says: 'The La
Marseillaise project is a double success.
Scott Burton finds a spirit of unity as racegoers return to Auteuil for the first time since the terror attacks on Paris APOPULAR and defiant sentiment directed at those behind the November 13 terror attacks, which has been circulating in various forms during the past week, can be approximated as follows: "You have made the provinces love Paris and the English sing La
Marseillaise. And you think you're winning?" Now Paris and the provinces have the first opportunity since those terrible events to come together at one of their favourite Sunday meeting places, the jumping temple of Auteuil.
I also believe that the playing of La
Marseillaise at every Premier League fixture this weekend is the right thing to do.
The sounds of La
Marseillaise will sound out around St James' Park prior to kick-off after Premier League chiefs announced that all top tier teams will play the song "as an act of remembrance and solidarity".
The French national anthem La
Marseillaise will be played before kick-off at St James' Park after Premier League clubs all agreed it was the right step to take following last Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris.
'La
Marseillaise' will ring out after the coin toss in tribute to those who lost their lives in the Paris attacks of last Friday.
There are 72 French players at top-flight clubs, the biggest number from a single nationality after England, and a choral version of La
Marseillaise will be played after the coin toss, with players from both teams joining officials in the centre circle facing the main stand.
Supporters from both sides of the Channel belted out La
Marseillaise, the French national anthem, as the Wembley arch gleamed with the colours of the Tricolore.
When the fans left the Stade de France singing La
Marseillaise, minutes after the explosions, it was extraordinary.
The fact that in childhood we used to sing the
Marseillaise, and knew that July 14 was Bastille Day had its effect, too.
The people in the crowd broke into spontaneous ripples of applause, they chanted "Charlie, Charlie" and they sang the
Marseillaise in a gentle murmur rather than a rugby ground roar.
