Overview

• Macron framed the annual ceremonies as a tribute to “the victory of justice and truth against hatred and anti-Semitism.”
• On May 25, parliament’s Defence Committee unanimously approved a posthumous promotion of Dreyfus to the rank of brigadier general.
• The decree follows a recognition campaign that began with Dreyfus’s reinstatement in 1906 and a 2006 initiative by President Jacques Chirac.
• Interior ministry data report 504 anti-Semitic incidents in France from January to May 2025, highlighting persistent societal challenges.
• The original Dreyfus Affair exposed institutional bias, prompted major military and judicial reforms and influenced the birth of modern Zionism.