Overview

• President Emmanuel Macron is set to preside over an evening ceremony featuring a rue Soufflot procession and a brief address under the dome, before the coffin is installed in the Revolutionaries’ crypt alongside Condorcet, the Abbé Grégoire and Gaspard Monge.
• The public homage began with a vigil at the Conseil constitutionnel, where citizens viewed the coffin on Wednesday night with additional hours Thursday ahead of the transfer to the Panthéon.
• Texts chosen with Élisabeth Badinter include readings of Robert Badinter’s plaidoiries and Victor Hugo by actor Guillaume Gallienne, and a performance by Julien Clerc of his song L’assassin assassiné.
• The commemoration coincides with new media that deepen the portrait: Flammarion’s posthumous collection Vivre drawn from interviews and an LCP documentary spotlighting lesser‑known battles.
• The Oct. 9 date mirrors the 1981 abolition law he carried as justice minister, while his wider legacy includes improving detention conditions, ending exceptional courts, decriminalizing homosexuality and strengthening victims’ rights.