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A national ceremony is planned for this Wednesday from 12 p.m. at Place Vendôme in Paris, to pay tribute to Robert Badinter.
The former Minister of Justice and father of the abolition of the death penalty in France died on Friday February 9 at the age of 95.
Emmanuel Macron, who hailed “a figure of the century”, will give a speech in which he will speak about the lawyer's possible entry into the Pantheon.
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Tribute to Robert Badinter: follow the ceremony
Place Vendôme, where the Ministry of Justice is located, was chosen in consultation with the family.
It was there that the Minister of Justice of socialist President François Mitterrand introduced the law of October 9, 1981 abolishing the death penalty.
This solemn meeting will take place against a backdrop of controversy.
The philosopher Élisabeth Badinter, his widow, expressed her wish that the elected representatives of the National Rally and La France insoumise would not attend the ceremony.
Marine Le Pen indicated that she respected this wish, but LFI still sent two deputies, Caroline Fiat and Éric Coquerel.
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Strike of SNCF controllers.
Holiday departures will be seriously disrupted this weekend, the railway company is affected by a controllers' strike from Thursday evening until Monday morning.
“All the trains are not going to leave”, but “the objective is to ensure one in two TGVs” this weekend, Christophe Fanichet, CEO of SNCF Voyageurs, said this Wednesday.
The railway company will communicate its traffic forecasts this afternoon.
PSG-Real Sociedad
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Paris Saint-Germain restarts its quest in the Champions League this Wednesday evening, at 9 p.m., with the round of 16 first leg against Real Sociedad at the Parc des Princes.
Kang-In Lee, returning from the Asian Nations Cup with South Korea, is ill and will not be present in the group.
Follow the Parisians' pre-match with us all day long.
Announcements about the housing crisis.
Traveling to Villejuif, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal made several announcements to respond to the shortage.
In particular, he promised that 30,000 new housing units will be built in 22 areas identified as priorities, such as Dunkirk, Dieppe or Marseille.
In order not to eat away at green spaces, the government is also banking on raising buildings.
Gabriel Attal also announced that he would tackle the transformation of offices into housing.
It concerns you
After a successful local experiment in the Rhône, Hauts-de-Seine and Eure-et-Loir, the dematerialized driving license is becoming widespread everywhere from this Wednesday for all French motorists who request it.
In order to obtain it, you will first need to have the national electronic identity card (CNIe).
The dematerialized driving license will be available for consultation in the France Identity application, which will also soon host the digital registration document and insurance certificate.