National tribute to Robert Badinter: “Your name must be inscribed in the Pantheon” says Emmanuel Macron. The lawyer and former Minister of Justice behind the abolition of the death penalty died on February 9.
“You are leaving us at a time when your old adversaries, oblivion and hatred, seem to be advancing again ,” launched the President of the Republic from Place Vendôme, headquarters of the Ministry of Justice. The Élysée, in consultation with the family, chose a symbolic place to pay tribute.