A civic group in Langrune-sur-Mer (a small coastal village in Normandy, northwestern France) has publicly opposed the attendance of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at ceremonies marking the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings on Saturday. The association "Langrunes en Commun" issued a statement citing Hegseth's anti-European and anti-Muslim remarks, his self-styling as "Secretary of War" rather than Defense, and his far-right Christian tattoos — including the Latin phrase "Deus vult" (a medieval Crusader battle cry) — as values incompatible with democracy, human rights, and peace. The group called for his visit to be cancelled out of respect for the Allied soldiers, American, British, and Canadian, who died on Normandy's beaches in the fight against Nazism.