Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, French Ombudswoman (Defender of Rights) Claire Hedon, Lebanese-born French author and Perpetual Secretary of the Academie Francaise Amin Maalouf and outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Outgoing French Culture Minister Rachida Dati, Outgoing French Education Minister Elisabeth Borne, Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Dominique de Villepin during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault and Dominique de Villepin during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

Jean Marc Ayrault, president of the foundation to the memory of esclavagism during commemorations to mark the National Day of remembrance of the slave trade and its abolitions, in La Rochelle, western France on May 10, 2024. Photo by Arnault Serriere/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

Jean Marc Ayrault, president of the foundation to the memory of esclavagism during commemorations to mark the National Day of remembrance of the slave trade and its abolitions, in La Rochelle, western France on May 10, 2024. Photo by Arnault Serriere/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

Jean Marc Ayrault, president of the foundation to the memory of esclavagism during commemorations to mark the National Day of remembrance of the slave trade and its abolitions, in La Rochelle, western France on May 10, 2024. Photo by Arnault Serriere/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

Jean Marc Ayrault, president of the foundation to the memory of esclavagism during commemorations to mark the National Day of remembrance of the slave trade and its abolitions, in La Rochelle, western France on May 10, 2024. Photo by Arnault Serriere/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

Jean Marc Ayrault, president of the foundation to the memory of esclavagism during commemorations to mark the National Day of remembrance of the slave trade and its abolitions, in La Rochelle, western France on May 10, 2024. Photo by Arnault Serriere/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

Jean Marc Ayrault, president of the foundation to the memory of esclavagism during commemorations to mark the National Day of remembrance of the slave trade and its abolitions, in La Rochelle, western France on May 10, 2024. Photo by Arnault Serriere/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

PM Attal At Commemorations To Mark The Abolition Of Slavery - La Rochelle

Jean Marc Ayrault, president of the foundation to the memory of esclavagism during commemorations to mark the National Day of remembrance of the slave trade and its abolitions, in La Rochelle, western France on May 10, 2024. Photo by Arnault Serriere/ABACAPRESS.COM

National hommage to Maryse Conde - Paris

National hommage to Maryse Conde - Paris

Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault attends a National hommage to French journalist, literature professor and author Maryse Conde, at the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BNF) in Paris on April 15, 2024. Maryse Conde died on the night between April 1 and April 2, 2024 at the age of 90 in Apt (Vaucluse), after a lifetime of humanist struggle and exploration of black and West Indian identities. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

National hommage to Maryse Conde - Paris

National hommage to Maryse Conde - Paris

Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault attends a National hommage to French journalist, literature professor and author Maryse Conde, at the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BNF) in Paris on April 15, 2024. Maryse Conde died on the night between April 1 and April 2, 2024 at the age of 90 in Apt (Vaucluse), after a lifetime of humanist struggle and exploration of black and West Indian identities. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

National hommage to Maryse Conde - Paris

National hommage to Maryse Conde - Paris

Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault attends a National hommage to French journalist, literature professor and author Maryse Conde, at the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BNF) in Paris on April 15, 2024. Maryse Conde died on the night between April 1 and April 2, 2024 at the age of 90 in Apt (Vaucluse), after a lifetime of humanist struggle and exploration of black and West Indian identities. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former prime Minister Manuel Valls, Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, Pierre Moscovici during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

National Tribute To Robert Badinter - Paris

Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault during national tribute to former Justice Minister Robert Badinter at Place Vendome in front of Ministry of Justice in Paris, France on February 14, 2024. Robert Badinter has died aged 95. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

Former Prime Ministers Elisabeth Borne, Edouard Philippe, Manuel Valls, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

Former Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet, French Senate President Gerard Larcher, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Former French President Francois Hollande, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Jean-Louis Debre Laurent Fabius Manuel Valls flanked by cabinet ministers of the French government and former prime-ministers with a banner which reads "For the Republic, against anti-Semitism" during March against anti-Semitism in Paris, France on November 12, 2023. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

(From L, Front) French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Former French President Francois Hollande, President of the Representative Council of the French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) Yonathan Arfi and (From L, Rear) former French prime ministers, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Manuel Valls, Bernard Cazeneuve, Edouard Philippe and Jean Castex pose for a group photograph on the front steps of the Assemblee Nationale parliament building in Paris ahead of a demonstration against anti-Semitism in Paris, on November 12, 2023. Tens of thousands are expected to march Sunday in Paris against anti-Semitism amid bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. Tensions have been rising in the French capital, home to large Jewish and Muslim communities, in the wake of the October 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, followed by a month of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. France has recorded nearly 12,250 anti-Semitic acts since the attack. National Ass

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

Former French prime ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and Manuel Valls pose for a group photograph on the front steps of the Assemblee Nationale parliament building in Paris ahead of a demonstration against anti-Semitism in Paris, on November 12, 2023. Tens of thousands are expected to march Sunday in Paris against anti-Semitism amid bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. Tensions have been rising in the French capital, home to large Jewish and Muslim communities, in the wake of the October 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, followed by a month of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. France has recorded nearly 12,250 anti-Semitic acts since the attack. National Assembly speaker Yael Braun-Pivet and Gerard Larcher, the Senate speaker, called on November 7 for a "general mobilisation" at the march against the upsurge in anti-Semitism. Photo by Thomas Samson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

(From L) Former French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, Former French prime minister Manuel Valls, Former French President Francois Hollande and former French prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve pose for a group photograph on the front steps of the Assemblee Nationale parliament building in Paris ahead of a demonstration against anti-Semitism in Paris, on November 12, 2023. Tens of thousands are expected to march Sunday in Paris against anti-Semitism amid bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. Tensions have been rising in the French capital, home to large Jewish and Muslim communities, in the wake of the October 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, followed by a month of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. France has recorded nearly 12,250 anti-Semitic acts since the attack. National Assembly speaker Yael Braun-Pivet and Gerard Larcher, the Senate speaker, called on November 7 for

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

March against anti-Semitism in Paris

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Jean-Louis Debre flanked by cabinet ministers of the French government and former prime-ministers with a banner which reads "For the Republic, against anti-Semitism" during March against anti-Semitism in Paris, France on November 12, 2023. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

French premier in China

French premier in China

BEIJING, China - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands during a joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

French premier in China

French premier in China

BEIJING, China - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

Japan foreign minister in France

Japan foreign minister in France

PARIS, France - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault shake hands in Paris on Oct. 16, 2012.

Jesse Jackson awarded Legion of Honour - Paris

Jesse Jackson awarded Legion of Honour - Paris

Jean Marc Ayrault and Christiane Taubira, during the award ceremony of the Legion of Honour for the Veteran American civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, at Elysee Palace, in Paris, FRance, on July 19, 2021. Photo by Jacques Witt/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher and Richard Ferran commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault and Gerard Larcher commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher and Richard Ferrand, Anne Hidalgo commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher, Richard Ferrand commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher, Richard Ferrand commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher, Richard Ferrand, and Francois Hollande commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher, Richard Ferrand, Anne Hidalgo commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron acompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher, Richard Ferrand, Anne Hidalgo commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher, Richard Ferrand, Anne Hidalgo commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher andRichard Ferrand commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher and Richard Ferrand, Anne Hidalgo commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher, Richard Ferrand, Anne Hidalgo commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

President Macron commemorates national day of the abolition of slavery

French President Emmanuel Macron accompanied by Jean-Marc Ayrault, Gérard Larcher and Richard Ferrand, Anne Hidalgo commemorates the National Day of Memories, the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM