The President of the Republic announced this Friday that a national tribute would be paid to former Minister of Justice Robert Bandinter, who died at the age of 95. A little earlier, he had hailed “the man behind the abolition of the death penalty” and “a figure of the century, a republican conscience, the French spirit”.
“A national tribute will be paid” to Robert Badinter, Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday, after the death at the age of 95 of the former Minister of Justice and father of the abolition of the death penalty. “It is a landmark for many generations”, “a conscience”. “The nation has certainly lost a great man, a very great lawyer”, “a wise man”, “a national tribute will be paid to him”, declared the Head of State on the sidelines of a trip to Bordeaux dedicated to justice and the police.
“A wise man who always shed light on the most delicate decisions”
Could Robert Badinter join the Pantheon? “I will have the opportunity to speak during the national tribute that we are organizing in conjunction with the family,” replied Emmanuel Macron.
“He was also for me, I must say, a wise person beyond his duties, who always helped clarify the most delicate decisions,” he underlined, about the former minister and president of the Constitutional Council.