“The nation has certainly lost a great man.” Emmanuel Macron once again saluted the memory of Robert Badinter after the announcement of the death of the former Minister of Justice, Friday February 9, at the age of 95. A national tribute will be paid to him, announced the President of the Republic, traveling to Bordeaux. “He was also, for me, a wise man (…) who always shed light on the most delicate decisions”, continued the head of state. Since the announcement of his death, tributes have not dried up about the former Minister of Justice of François Mitterrand. Follow our live stream.
A collection of condolences open at the Ministry of Justice until Sunday. The doors of the Chancellery, Place Vendôme in Paris, will be open from 7:00 p.m. on Friday and the public will be able to go there until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, the ministry said in a press release.
Emmanuel Macron salutes “a figure of the century, a republican conscience, the French spirit”. “Lawyer, Minister of Justice, man for the abolition of the death penalty. Robert Badinter never stopped pleading for the Enlightenment”wrote the head of state on a few minutes after the announcement of the lawyer’s death.
On the left, we pay homage to a “righteous among the righteous”. The President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, regretted “a righteous one among the righteous”who has, “in all the functions he has exercised, in all the causes he has pleaded, advanced law and humanism nationally and internationally”. “He embodied the very idea of justice”reacted the first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure. “His commitment was law, justice, freedom”, underlined former president François Hollande.
Sober tributes to the right and the far right. The boss of the Republicans, Eric Ciotti, welcomed a “emblematic figure of justice”recognizing that “his fight for the abolition of the death penalty will remain engraved in our memories and our institutions.” A “courageous fight”supported Valérie Pécresse. “Former Minister of Justice, man of letters, Robert Badinter defended his ideals throughout his life, with constancy and eloquence”wrote the president of the RN, Jordan Bardella, on X.