Overview
- The city of Gonesse renamed Place Jean-Renoir for Samuel Paty and planted an olive tree at Collège Robert-Doisneau.
- The Education Ministry asked schools to hold tributes between October 13 and 17, with many observances taking the form of minutes of silence.
- In Le Journal du Dimanche, 77 Les Républicains senators led by Henri Leroy called Paty and Dominique Bernard “martyrs” and urged concrete measures to shield educators.
- Reporting highlights that many teachers feel traumatised and increasingly self-censor on laïcité topics, avoiding materials such as caricatures of the Prophet.
- Speaking in Gonesse, Samuel Paty’s sister Mickaëlle urged remembrance without hatred, describing him as a teacher who chose not to back down.