1918, exiting from the war

Last 11 November, the French president paid tribute to Georges Clemenceau while visiting the former prime minister’s Parisian apartment that is now a museum. The perfect occasion to declare that 2018 would be the “Year of Clemenceau”.

The centenary of the year 1918 will give many the occasion to don the “Bleuet de France” which came about in the wake of the First World War. A symbol of remembrance and solidarity, the bleuet or cornflower still fulfils the same vocation today and provides moral support for the injured an...

Bridget Gee is head of external relations at the New Zealand embassy in Paris. In her role, she is in charge of planning Franco-New-Zealand commemorations, especially the 2018 inauguration of the French monument in Wellington.