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At the Stade de France, the son of victim Manuel Dias, the single person killed there, spoke on behalf of his Portuguese-born father, saying he had been "proof that integration is possible".
"Long live tolerance, long live intelligence, long live France," he said.
But other bereaved relatives chose to stay away from the ceremonies, like Patrick Jardin, who lost his daughter Nathalie at the Bataclan, and said he still felt an "anger that will never leave me".
As he prepared to visit his daughter's grave after a memorial Mass, he told France Bleu radio (in French) the ceremonies were "pointless".
"You don't reply to Kalashnikovs with candles," he said, calling for "measures to make sure it can't happen again".
France's state of emergency imposed after last year's terror attacks in Paris is likely to be extended, Prime Minister Manuel Valls has told the BBC. He said the measures were needed to protect democracy.
France appears to be in a constant state of emergency which hasn't been seen since World War Two. Is immigration really working out well in France if the people now live as if they're permanently at war with an enemy who will emerge from their own citizenry?
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Paris attacks: France state of emergency to be extended - PM Valls - BBC News