Paris, 2 December 2009 – The President of European Security and Defence Assembly, Robert WALTER MP (United Kingdom, Federated Group) and Mr PANGALOS, Deputy Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, representing the Greek Presidency of WEU, took part in the ceremony to rekindle the Flame of Remembrance at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Tuesday 1 December at 18.30.

The ceremony was dedicated to the memory of all Europeans, men and women, who have given their lives in operations in 2009 – 181 to date. The roll of Honour is on the Assembly’s website.

In the presence of parliamentarians from all over Europe who had come to attend the Assembly’s plenary session, diplomats and high-ranking military officers, MM WALTER and PANGALOS each laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.