This was perhaps the strongest moment of the investiture ceremony: the re-elected President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron thanked the parents of Samuel Paty for coming to the Elysee Palace this Saturday.
This is perhaps the moment that history will remember. More than Emmanuel Macron’s speech, the presence of former Presidents of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, the embrace of the Head of State to the parents of Samuel Paty moved the guests present in the village hall of the Elysium. The murder of the history and geography professor deeply marked Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term.
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On October 16, 2020, Samuel Paty, 47, was beheaded in a street near his Bois d’Aulne college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), by a young Chechen refugee who accused him of having shown caricatures of Muhammad to his students. Last December, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron had met near Moulins the parents of Samuel Paty. The media library of the Allier prefecture already bears his name.
One of the highlights of this investiture ceremony: the emotion of the parents of Samuel Paty, a teacher murdered in October 2020. Emmanuel #Macron had seen them again last December on the sidelines of a trip near Moulins. @Paris Match pic.twitter.com/EsSWMLdYkj
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