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Samuel Paty's family will meet Jean Castex then Emmanuel Macron on Saturday

2021-10-13T13:20:58.576Z


France is preparing to pay tribute to Samuel Paty, a year after his assassination. A plaque will be unveiled at the Ministry of National Education, before a meeting of relatives with the Head of State and the Prime Minister.


The family of Samuel Paty, professor of history and geography assassinated a year ago for showing caricatures of Muhammad to his students, will meet with Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday October 16 before meeting with Emmanuel Macron, announced Gabriel Attal.

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"

The family of Samuel Paty will meet the Prime Minister (Jean Castex), then the President of the Republic (Emmanuel Macron) on Saturday

" during an exchange at the Elysee Palace, explained the government spokesperson at the end of the meeting. Council of Ministers. Before that, Saturday morning, "

there will be a more institutional tribute with the unveiling of a plaque at the Ministry of National Education

," he added.

A minute of silence will be held on Friday in tribute to the teacher in all schools, Attal recalled, explaining that there would also be "

an hour of lessons which will give rise to an exchange around the memory of Samuel Paty

", the teams educationalists being free to “

how they want to organize this exchange

”.

A Samuel-Paty square will also be inaugurated on Saturday opposite the Sorbonne during a ceremony that the Paris town hall wants simple and collected.

Source: lefigaro

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