It was to be a consensual “tribute to the nation”, in a Place Vendôme where stands were set up in front of the Chancellery.
A ceremony placed under the sign of Justice and the fights against the death penalty, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
Emmanuel Macron has planned a vibrant speech lasting around fifteen minutes to praise the “force of life” of the former minister of François Mitterrand.
The head of state must celebrate “universalism, the defense of the Republic, against all odds” and “a fury for life which takes root in a childhood marked by death”.
All accompanied by music by Beethoven, dear to the deceased.
Except that this moment of contemplation is already tainted by a lively controversy.
Because the family made it known that it did not want the presence of the National Rally, nor that of France Insoumise, whose positions offended Robert Badinter.
“What troubles me is this alliance between political Islamism and a part of the left, a left in search of a substitute proletariat since the majority of workers now vote in favor of the National Rally and Madame Le Pen", regretted the former Minister of Justice, during an exchange with Challenges magazine, at the end of 2023. He notably criticized his former socialist comrade Mélenchon for having "abandoned our essential principles, those of Jaurès" .
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