France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and French Secretary of State for Defence and Veterans Affairs Jean-Marie Bockel attend a ceremony at the Mont Valerien in Suresnes near Paris June 18, 2009 to mark the 69th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle's call to the resistance of the French population on June 18, 1940 during World War II. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE POLITICS)