Europe 1 with AFP 12:22 p.m., February 9, 2024, modified at 12:23 p.m., February 9, 2024
Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice and architect of the abolition of the death penalty, died on the night of Thursday to Friday at the age of 95. The political class pays tribute to him.
Robert Badinter, the former Minister of Justice of François Mitterrand who brought about the abolition of the death penalty in France, died in the night from Thursday to Friday, we learned from his collaborator, Aude Napoli . The former president of the Constitutional Council was 95 years old.
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“A figure of the century” for Emmanuel Macron
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday praised Robert Badinter, who died at 95, "the man for the abolition of the death penalty" and "a figure of the century, a republican conscience, the French spirit".
“The abolition of the death penalty will forever be its legacy for France”, reacts Gabriel Attal
“He will have devoted every second of his life to fighting for what was just, to fighting for fundamental freedoms. The abolition of the death penalty will forever be his legacy for France,” reacted the Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, also on X.
“A speaker who brought his words to life like poetry”, declares Jean-Luc Mélenchon
The leader of La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, praised Friday the “unparalleled strength of conviction” of Robert Badinter, a “simply luminous” being, after the death of the father of the abolition of the death penalty.
“While sitting alongside him in the Senate, I admired Robert Badinter so much! He was an orator who brought his words to life like poetry. He reasoned while speaking and his strength of conviction was unparalleled. No matter the disagreements. I have never encountered another being of this nature. He was simply luminous,” reacted Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the social network X.
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