What should the tribute to Samuel Paty at the Sorbonne look like?

Wednesday, October 21, Emmanuel Macron will chair a national tribute around 7 p.m., in the courtyard of the Sorbonne, to Samuel Paty, the teacher murdered Friday by a young man of 18, for having shown in class caricatures of the prophet Muhammad from

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"A popular tribute, at the height of a man," says the Elysee, which is still working on the preparation of the ceremony.

The place, highly symbolic, was chosen in agreement with the family of the deceased, professor of History-Geography. 

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"It is an emblematic place of what Samuel Paty embodies today," said Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer on Tuesday.

"The transmission of knowledge and values".

Emmanuel Macron will speak, but not for a "belligerent" speech, specifies his entourage.

"This would not be the time".

A tonnage of 300 to 500 guests is expected, due to the large size of the yard. 

Posthumous decoration 

The time will be for meditation, emotion and solemnity.

The Head of State will award Samuel Paty the Legion of Honor posthumously.

The professor, brutally murdered in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, will also be made Commander of the Academic Palms. 

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From Tuesday afternoon, a tribute will be paid to him in the National Assembly.

A minute of silence and a Marseillaise were planned at the Palais Bourbon.

Political ceremonies as a prelude to other tributes, especially during the start of the school year on November 2.

In all schools, colleges and high schools "without exception", hammered Jean-Michel Blanquer.