De Gaulle's household home will be considered a monument so that it does not fall into the hands of... Russian

Hysteria and political propaganda or preservation of national heritage? specified questions may be asked by the French after information that the household home of erstwhile French president General Charles de Gaulle in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises will shortly be listed on the list of monuments. It's La Boisserie, the household home of the leader of Free France. With specified an initiative, the Elysée Palace explains that the designation of the residence as "national heritage is intended to make the building stay French".

The Ministry of Culture has already started the procedure to recognise La Boisserie as a historical monument, and CNPA (National Heritage and Architecture Committee) has given a affirmative opinion on this issue. This is the first step before the Council of State issued a decree on this kind of matter. There must inactive be a formal consultation with the 3 grandchildren of the general, the property owners.

This decision is supported by Emmanuel Macron and aims to guarantee that this memorial site “will stay the home of all French”. The reason for the confusion is the withdrawal of the Charles de Gaulle Foundation from property management after a dispute with the general's descendants. 1 of these descendants, Pierre de Gaulle, owns 50% of the property. The general's grandson is being accused of views... Pro-Russian, or even "close ties to Russia". It is said that descendants of the “revealed the charm of large financial magnates” about Russian provenience, suggesting the mayor of Pascal Babouot of the Republican Party. In the current political situation, this is simply a serious allegation. The general's grandson was indeed invited and traveled to Russia, where he was admitted at the highest levels of power. – It is an honor to welcome General de Gaulle's grandson said Vladimir Putin himself at the conference in Sochi in 2024 and thanked “for his efforts to bring France and Europe closer to Russia”. At this point, however, Pierre de Gaulle represents the constant intellectual deviance of many Frenchmen, from the left to the right, which from the beating done in Russia to Napoleon, and even earlier, from the Wolterian delights over the intellect of Catherine II, regards Moscow as almost "III Rome". In his eyes, Moscow is an alternate to the “decade of Western civilization” and adds that “when he comes to Russia, he finds a contact of France from the 1960s, respect, kindness, faith.” The problem is, this grandson didn't catch on in time, that another winds and geopolitics blew. Paris has changed.

Returning to La Boisserie, the authorities felt that they would put their hand on the de Gaulle estates, due to the fact that thanks to their safety status, they had the right to preempt the building. The government wants to entrust the management of the property of the "specialised institution" to be the Centre des Monuments Nationaux to "preservate the spirit of the place," where Charles de Gaulle died on November 9, 1970. I wonder what the general himself would say, a supporter of the thought of "Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok"?

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