Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday that France would "
relaunch the fight for the universal abolition
" of the death penalty, by organizing a "
meeting at the highest level
" to "
convince
" the leaders of countries still applying it to "
l 'urgency to abolish it
'.
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“
As part of the French presidency of the European Union (in the first half of 2022), we will organize in Paris with the NGO Ensemble contre la penalty de mort, a meeting at the highest level bringing together civil societies from States still applying the death penalty or a moratorium in order to convince their leaders of the importance and the urgency of abolishing it
”, declared the Head of State, in a speech delivered at the Pantheon to mark the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France.