Emmanuel Macron launched an appeal for the unity of the country in a letter to the French in a context of resurgence of anti-Semitism. On the sidelines of this call, the President of the Republic receives representatives of religions at the Élysée on Monday. “As an extension of the call for the unity of the Nation and fraternity that he launched in his letter to the French, the President of the Republic will receive representatives of religions today at 9:30 a.m. at the Palace of the Élysée,” it was emphasized, without specifying exactly who would participate in these meetings.
The Chief Rabbi of France Haïm Korsia and Elie Korchia, president of the central Jewish consistory of France, were invited, alongside the president of the Confederation of Bishops of France Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris Chems- Eddine Hafiz and Mohammed Moussaoui, president of the Union of Mosques of France.
In the presence of Gérald Darmanin
The French Islam Forum, launched at the end of 2021 and supposed to structure Muslim worship but which is struggling to establish itself, will be represented by one of its members Sadek Beloucif. For Orthodox worship, Dimitrios Ploumis will be present, as will Antony Boussemart for Buddhists and Christian Krieger for Protestants. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin will also participate in this meeting.
Around 105,000 people in Paris and a total of 182,000 across France demonstrated on Sunday to show their rejection of anti-Semitism in the face of the explosion in the number of acts hostile to Jews since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on the 7th. october.
In a letter published Saturday evening by the newspaper The Parisian, Emmanuel Macron deplored “the unbearable resurgence of unbridled anti-Semitism” and judged that “a France where our Jewish fellow citizens are afraid is not France”. “France must remain united behind its values, its universalism, united for itself, to carry out its project and work for peace and security for all in the Middle East,” he added.