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How to enter the Pantheon?

2022-01-11T22:34:12.023Z


FOCUS - In a tribune at Le Figaro, Valérie Pécresse proposed to bring in Molière, symbol of "French genius".


In May 2019, Francis Huster invited the President of the Republic to bring Molière into the Panthéon.

I solemnly ask Emmanuel Macron to seize this proposal, supported by many personalities

", argued Valérie Pécresse in our columns, adding:"

Molière, it is the French genius and we must remain faithful to his spirit

".

81 personalities entered this temple of the Republic, designed to honor the great figures of French history.

Read also Valérie Pécresse: "Let's bring Molière, symbol of French culture, to the Panthéon!"

Emmanuel Macron buried there Simone and Antoine Veil, Maurice Genevoix and "

those of 14

", and finally on November 30, Joséphine Baker, muse of the Roaring Twenties and resistance.

The Republican candidate proposes to add Molière to it, as we celebrate the 400th anniversary of his birth.

To do this, a decision of the President of the Republic is necessary.

Indeed, since the Fifth Republic, this prerogative is concentrated in the hands of the executive after having been devolved to Parliament under the Third.

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Source: lefigaro

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