2023-06-29 16:28:02
Par Melissa Prou
Published on 29 June 23 at 18:28 See my news Follow The Vernonnais Democrat Georgia Erwin (on the right), an American national, received her naturalization certificate from the hands of Simon Babre (on the left), prefect of Eure, during the naturalization ceremony organized on Wednesday June 21, 2023 in Houlbec-Cocherel (Eure). ©The Vernon Democrat
It was an exceptional ceremony that took place on Wednesday June 21, 2023 in Houlbec-Cocherel (Eure).
About thirty Eurois, from all over the department and originating from thirteen countries, officially received French nationality a few meters from the tomb of Aristide Briand, father of secularism.
Secularism
Secularism was precisely the key word of the ceremony. “Today France welcomes you in its arms. […] The French people are diverse and tolerant,” said Simon Babre, prefect of Eure, in his speech.
Besides equality, liberty and fraternity, he also insisted on the importance of secularism.
Secularism is the fourth pillar of France, and you will have to defend it. […] It is a pillar that allows our country to project itself into the future.
Simon Babre, prefect of Eure.
During his speech, he notably returned to Aristide Briand’s fight for secularism: former Nobel Peace Prize winner and rapporteur for the law of 1905 on the separation of Church and State in France.
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The ceremony was held near the tomb of Aristide Briand, father of secularism, in Houlbec-Cocherel, in the#Your
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– Prefect of Eure (@Prefet27) June 22, 2023
This value of secularism, she speaks precisely to Georgia Erwin, American national. “I wanted to talk about why France attracted me,” she announced at the microphone.
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First gastronomy, “bread, wine and cheese”, lists Georgia.
But also French values: “Secularism does not exist in the United States and I suffered from it when I was little. Finally, the best for last, she chose to stay in France for love after marrying a Frenchman.
“I wanted to be able to vote”
The values of France also seduced Nathalie Barbosa Roa. She was an equality referent in her former company.
“I particularly worked on the fight against sexist harassment. Fraternity and equality are values that are close to my heart,” she acknowledges.
Nathalie Barbosa Roa, who has just been naturalized, and her spouse live in Vexin-sur-Epte. ©The Vernon Democrat
Arrived in France in 2014 to do a doctorate in Toulouse, Nathalie Barbosa Roa is now a resident of Vexin-sur-Epte : “I met my partner during my studies. Originally from Normandy, he wanted to find his roots. »
This lover of the countryside is now French. “I felt tears welling up at the start of the ceremony,” she says.
This self-employed entrepreneur specializing in the field of Big Data had begun her steps to apply for naturalization in 2021, anxious to have power of action in the country in which her child is growing up.
Since I’ve been in France I’ve been working and paying my taxes, but I wanted to be able to vote. It’s important to be able to have a say and to be able to build the world in which my child grows up.
Nathalie Barbosa Roa
Recently naturalized, she chose dual nationality while also remaining Colombian.
“It is important to keep this facet and also to transmit my maternal culture to my child”, confides the resident of Vexin-sur-Epte.
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