Overview
- A memorial in central Paris honored the 130 people killed, with the names of 132 victims read to include two survivors who later died by suicide.
- Ceremonies opened with the bells of Notre-Dame and the Eiffel Tower was illuminated in France’s tricolour as a tribute.
- Macron warned that terrorism has grown harder to detect and predict, stressing continued vigilance by security services.
- He framed the response as national unity, saying extremists sought division but France stands together.
- The 2015 assaults targeted the Bataclan theatre, restaurants and the Stade de France, and remain the country’s deadliest violence since World War II.