Badinter at the Pantheon: how does “pantheonization” work?. Emmanuel Macron announced an upcoming pantheonization of Robert Badinter, during the national tribute in his honor on Wednesday.
The father of the abolition of the death penalty in France, Badinter will be the first person to be pantheonized under Macron's presidency. Of the 300 places available in the pantheon crypt, only 81 are occupied to date, including six by women. The last entry is that of Joséphine Baker on November 30, 2021, for her Second World War resistance activity.