Emmanuel Macron chairs a national tribute on Wednesday noon to Robert Badinter, a "wise" and a "republican conscience", on Place Vendôme. It was there that François Mitterrand's minister introduced the law of October 9, 1981 abolishing the death penalty, in a France then predominantly in favor of the supreme punishment.
The Élysée, in consultation with the family, chose a symbolic and unique place to pay tribute to the memory of Badinter during a ceremony open to the public.