Emmanuel Macron's full speech at the Louvre

>> Translator: THANK YOU,
FRIENDS.
[ CHEERS ]
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS
EVENING.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOU, AND SO
MANY FACES.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, FOR
HAVING FOUGHT, STRUGGLED WITH
COURAGE, BENEVOLENCE, OVER SO
MANY MONTHS.
BECAUSE, YES, TONIGHT YOU WON.
FRANCE WON.
[ CHEERS ]
WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR MONTHS AND
MONTHS NOW HAS NO PRECEDENT, NOR
EQUIVALENCE.
EVERYBODY TOLD US IT WAS
IMPO
IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW FRANCE!
[ CHEERS ]
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME WHICH YOU
GAVE, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE RISKS TAKEN BY
SOME OF YOU.
I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
THIS TRUST OBLIGES ME TO CARRY
THROUGH.
I AM THE DEPOSITORY OF THAT
TRUST.DISAPPOINT YOU AND TO BE
EQUAL TO THE TASK AND TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE TREMENDOUS IMPETUS
THAT YOU REPRESENT WILL BE
CARRIED THROUGH MY FIVE YEARS
MANDATE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
I WANT ALSO THIS EVENING TO SAY
A WORD FOR THOSE FRENCH PEOPLE
WHO VOTED FOR ME.
YOU COMMITTED, AND I KNOW THAT
IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.
I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TO THOSE
FRENCH PEOPLE WHO VOTED SIMPLY
TO DEFEND THE REPUBLIC.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
CONFRONTED BY EXTREMISM, I
UNDERSTAND OUR DIVERGENCES AND I
WILL RESPECT THEM.
BUT I WILL BE FAITHFUL TO THIS
COMMITMENT THAT I UNDERTAKE TO
DEFEND THE REPUBLIC.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY A WORD
FOR THOSE WHO VOTED TODAY FOR
MADAM LE PEN.
NO, DON'T BOO.
THEY EXPRESSED -- THEY EXPRESSED
TODAY ANGER, DISMAY, AND
SOMETIMES CONVICTIONS.
I RESPECT THEM.
BUT I WILL DO EVERYTHING DURING
THE FIVE YEARS TO COME TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE IS NO REASON AT
ALL TO VOTE FOR EXTREMES
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
TONIGHT, IT IS ONLY THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF FRANCE, THE PEOPLE OF
FRANCE UNITED.
AND WHAT YOU REPRESENT TONIGHT
IN THE LOUVRE IS A FERVOR AND
ENTHUSIASM AND THE ENERGY OF
FRANCE.
AND THIS PLACE WE ARE GATHERED
IN SAYS THAT.
IT HAS GONE THROUGH OUR ENTIRE
HISTORY, THROUGH THE ASEAN
REGIME, TO THE LIBERATION OF
PARIS, THROUGH THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION, TO THE BOLDNESS OF
THIS PYRAMID BEHIND ME.
IT IS THE PLACE WHERE ALL FRENCH
PEOPLE -- A PLACE FOR ALL FRENCH
PEOPLE.
THIS PLACE IS THAT OF FRANCE
WHICH THE ENTIRE WORLD IS
LOOKING AT.
BECAUSE TONIGHT IT IS EUROPE AND
THE WORLD LOOKING AT US.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
EUROPE AND THE WORLD IS
EXPECTING US TO DEFEND THE
SPIRIT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
WHICH IS THREATENED IN SO MANY
PLACES.
THEY EXPECT THAT EVERYWHERE WE
SHOULD DEFEND THE FREEDOM WHICH
WE HAVE, THAT WE PROTECT THE
OPPRESSED.
THEY EXPECT THAT WE SHOULD BRING
A NEW HOPE, A NEW HUMANISM TO
THE WORLD, TO MAKE THE WORLD
SAFER, TO DEFEND FREEDOMS AND
GROWTH, A WORLD OF MORE JUSTICE
AND MORE EQUALITY.
THEY EXPECT US TO BE FINALLY
OURS
OURSELVES.
THE TASK BEFORE US, DEAR
CITIZENS, IS HUGE.
AND IT WILL BEGIN AS FROM
TOMORROW.
WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE PUBLIC LIFE
MORE MORAL.
WE HAVE TO DEFEND THE VITALITY
OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
WE HAVE TO STRENGTHEN OUR
ECONOMY.
WE HAVE TO BUILD NEW FORMS OF
PROTECTION FOR THIS WORLD WHICH
SURROUNDS US.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY
HAS A PLACE THROUGH SCHOOLING,
THROUGH CULTURE, TO REFOUND
EUROPE AND TO ENSURE THE
SECURITY OF ALL FRENCH PEOPLE.
THIS TASK, THIS CHALLENGE BEFORE
US IS HUGE.
AND IT WILL REQUIRE OF US THAT
WE CONTINUE TO BE BRAVE.
IN EVENING WE HAVE GAINED A
RIGHT, A RIGHT WHICH IS COURAGE.
AND WE WILL PURSUE THIS COURAGE
EVERY DAY.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT FRENCH
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING.
IT'S WHAT EUROPE AND THE WORLD
IS EXPECTING OF US.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THEY ARE EXPECTING THAT ONCE
AGAIN FRANCE SHOULD AMAZE THEM,
THAT FRANCE SHOULD BE ITSELF.
AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT WE
WILL DO.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
OUR CHALLENGE IS HUGE, FRIENDS,
AND IT WILL REQUIRE THE
COMMITMENT OF EVERYBODY.
THE COMMITMENT OF OUR ARMED
FORCES.
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
OUR PUBLIC SERVICES.
THE COMMITMENT OF EACH AND
EVERYONE OF THE ELECTED
ASSOCIATIONS, TRADE UNIONS, OF
SALARIED WORKERS, CIVIL
SERVANTS, MERCHANTS, ART AND
TRADESMEN, FARMERS, STUDENTS,
PENSIONERS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
OUR CHALLENGE IS HUGE.
AND IT WILL REQUIRE THAT WE
DEMAND TRUTH, THE COURAGE OF
TRUTH, THE TRUTH WHICH
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN
WE HAVE BORN AND WHICH I WILL
CONTINUE TO BEAR ON YOUR BEHALF.
[ APPLAUSE ]
OUR CHALLENGE IS HUGE, AND IT
WILL IMPOSE ON US THE DUTY TO
BUILD A TRUE, STRONG MAJORITY, A
MAJORITY FOR CHANGE.
THAT IS WHAT THE COUNTRY IS
WAITING FOR, ASPIRING TO, AND
WHAT IT DESERVES.
THIS CHANGE IS WHAT I'M
EXPECTING FROM YOU IN THE COMING
WEEKS, BECAUSE I SHALL NEED YOU
MORE AND MORE.
MY DEAR COMPATRIOTS, ALL OF YOU.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BY MY SIDE
SO MANY DAYS AND NIGHT, THE
PEOPLE OF FRANCE ASSEMBLED HERE
AT THE LOUVRE, WE HAVE THE
STRENGTH, WE HAVE THE ENERGY, WE
HAVE THE DETERMINATION, THE
WILL, BECAUSE IT IS THAT WHICH
HAS BROUGHT US HERE, MADE US
WHAT WE ARE.
IT IS THAT WHICH WILL GUIDE US
THROUGH OUR FUTURE AND WE WILL
NOT YIELD TO FEAR.
WE WILL NOT YIELD TO ANY FORM OF
DIVISION.
WE WILL NOT YIELD TO FALSEHOOD.
TO NOTHING.
NOT TO THE IRONY, OR THE LOVE OF
DECLINE AND DEFEAT.
I KNOW YOUR ARDOR, YOUR
ENTHUSIASM, I KNOW WHAT I OWE
YOU, AND I KNOW WHAT I OWE TO MY
COMPANIONS, TO MY FRIENDS, TO MY
FAMILY, AND MY NEAREST AND
DEAREST.
IT WON'T BE VERY EASY EVERY DAY.
I KNOW THAT.
THE CHALLENGES ARE VERY, VERY
TOUGH, AND I WILL TELL THE TRUTH
EACH TIME, THAT YOUR ARDOR, YOUR
ENERGY, YOUR COURAGE WILL CARRY
ME THROUGH.
I WILL PROTECT YOU.
CONFRONTED, AS YOU ARE, BY THE
THREATS.
I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU AGAINST
FALSEHOOD, IMMOBILISM,
INEFFICIENCY, IN ORDER TO
IMPROVE EVERYBODY'S LIFE.
I WILL RESPECT EACH AND EVERYONE
OF YOU IN WHAT HE THINKS AND
DEFENDS.
I WILL BRING TOGETHER AND
RECONCILE PEOPLE, BECAUSE I WANT
THE UNITY OF OUR PEOPLE AND OF
OUR COUNTRY.
AND FINALLY, FRIENDS, I WILL
SERVE YOU.
I WILL SERVE YOU WITH HUMILITY,
STRENGTH, AND I WILL SERVE YOU
ON BEHALF OF OUR SLOGAN --
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND
FRATERNITY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
I WILL SERVE YOU FAITHFUL, TO
THE TRUST WHICH YOU HAVE PUT IN
ME.
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Emmanuel Macron's full speech at the Louvre

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