The Elysée confirms that the process of entering the Hall of Fame of lawyer and feminist activist Gisèle Halimi “will be carried out to completion”

The admission process of feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi to the Panthéon “will be carried through to completion”the Elysée Palace told franceinfo on Monday March 6, while Emmanuel Macron will pay a national tribute to the activist on Wednesday March 8.

According to a source close to the Head of State, this process of entering the Pantheon of the lawyer who died in 2020, demanded by feminist associations and by political leaders, including the majority, “is not dead and lives on”without the entourage of the Head of State being able to indicate “when will this term be”.

There is “neither blur nor wolf”

Regarding this national tribute paid this Wednesday, March 8, Serge Halimi, the youngest son of the lawyer, refuses to participate in it, denouncing in particular, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Sunday, a decision of the Elysee “while the country is mobilized against an extremely unfair pension reform of which women who occupy the most difficult jobs will be the first victims. My mother would have defended their cause and demonstrated alongside them. March 8 will be the best way to honor his memory and his struggles.”.

Emmanuel Macron’s entourage assures that there is “neither blur nor wolf” and that the choice of this date had been taken before the announcement of a mobilization day. “March 8 is a special day that echoes all his fights”we assure you. “If we don’t honor him on March 8, when do we?”asks an adviser to the president.

“This trial engages only its authors”

The Elysée ensures that it is not surprised by the reaction of the youngest son of Gisèle Halimi, the latter having already made it known that the memory and the place of his mother in history could dispense with a tribute from Emmanuel Macron. Serge Halimi had thus joined the position expressed by Violaine Lucas, the president of the association Choosing the cause of women, founded by Gisèle Halimi and Simone de Beauvoir in 1971. “This trial only engages its authors and I refer them to their conscience”loose an adviser to the president.

In 2020, the schedule for a first ceremony was disrupted by the president’s trip to Lebanon, shortly after the explosion in the port of Beirut. A second date, at the beginning of 2022, had been mentioned, but the tribute had not ultimately taken place.