Overview
- The Élysée says the one-hour ceremony will begin around 7 p.m., follow the traditional ascent of rue Soufflot, include a presidential address under the nave, and conclude with interment in the 1789 Revolutionaries’ vault.
- The Conseil constitutionnel will host a public wake starting Wednesday at 7 p.m., with a noon cannon salute in the Palais-Royal gardens on Thursday and a 5 p.m. transfer of the coffin to the Panthéon.
- Julien Clerc will perform L’Assassin assassiné, Guillaume Gallienne will read Victor Hugo, and selected pleadings and speeches by Badinter will be read during the tribute.
- Élisabeth Badinter closely guided the choice of texts as the presidency adapts the scenography to welcome large crowds along rue Soufflot, which it describes as exceptional.
- This will be Emmanuel Macron’s fifth panthéonization, with the program themed around memory, justice, and abolition, and framed by Badinter’s broader reforms, including advances in victims’ rights.