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France Marks 10 Years Since the Nov. 13 Attacks With Paris Ceremonies and Memorial Garden Inauguration

Live coverage and citywide memorials aim to balance private rites with a nation still grappling with lasting trauma.

Overview

  • On November 13, site-by-site tributes will be held across Paris and at the Stade de France, with President Emmanuel Macron attending each ceremony and live coverage on TF1 and France 2, plus a public screen at Place de la République.
  • The Jardin mémoriel facing the Hôtel de Ville will be inaugurated at 6 p.m. in a ceremony closed to the public but televised, featuring speeches by Macron, Mayor Anne Hidalgo, and victim association leaders Philippe Duperron and Arthur Dénouveaux.
  • Life for Paris plans to formally dissolve on November 13, a choice its president Arthur Dénouveaux says is meant to avoid being confined to a victim identity.
  • Long-running Crédoc research finds the 13‑November attacks remain the primary terrorism reference in French collective memory, with 56% reporting a persistent sense of everyday insecurity.
  • Recent legal action has advanced related probes, as Maëva B., the former partner of Salah Abdeslam, was placed under formal investigation and jailed over an alleged foiled plot and a USB drive provided to him.