E. Macron takes a stand against the death penalty to "capture some of the votes of the center left"
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Former French Minister of Justice Robert Badinter, author of the abolitionist law in France, flanked by French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France, in Pantheon de Paris, France, October 9, 2021. via REUTERS - POOL
By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow
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Commemoration this Saturday, October 9 at the Pantheon in Paris of the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty by Emmanuel Macron in the presence of Robert Badinter, the Minister of Justice at the time.
The President of the Republic has expressed his desire to relaunch the fight for a universal abolition of the death penalty.
France will therefore table a resolution at the United Nations.
To understand the context in which this decision was taken at the time, and the political stake of this celebration today, the historian Nicolas Picard, doctor of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, author of the book "
Le supreme punishment, the application of the death penalty in France (1906-1981)
», Published at the University Institutes Varenne is the International Guest of RFI.
He answers questions from Jean-Baptiste Marot
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