“It’s a life in the service of law, justice, the Republic,” reacts Jean-Louis Debré

The former president of the Constitutional Council and former Minister of the Interior was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” on Saturday February 10, 2024.

Jean-Louis Debré, former president of the Constitutional Council, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo” on Saturday February 10, 2024. He answered questions from Agathe Lambret and Benjamin Fontaine.

Robert Badinter, “it’s the image of a Republican”

Jean-Louis Debré reacted to the death of Robert Badinter on Friday February 9 at the age of 95. The former president of the Constitutional Council and former figure of the RPR, close to Jacques Chirac, defines Robert Badinter’s career as “a life in the service of law, in the service of justice, in the service of the Republic“.

Former magistrate, Jean-Louis Debré also spoke about Robert Badinter’s career as a lawyer. “It was part of the main roads of the palace“, he remembers. As for the appointment of Badinter as president of the Constitutional Council, he assures us, “he was president of the Constitutional Council with great dignity. Everything he did, his fight against the death penalty, discrimination, against anti-Semitism, all that, is the image of a Republican.”

“Robert Badinter’s fight is a fight that is fair”

Looking back on the childhood of Robert Badinter, on the arrest of his father, before his eyes, during the Second World War, Jean-Louis Debré made a link with the current rise in anti-Semitism. “Robert Badinter’s fight is a fight that is fair. And I would like us to remember generation after generation what anti-Semitism has brought, it’s frightening“.

Beyond the national tribute desired by Emmanuel Macron, should we already think about a pantheonization of the former father of the abolition of the death penalty in France? “Today is not the time to raise these questions, then we will see. I don’t want to get into these discussions“, replies Jean-Louis Debré.