THE France will launch a campaign for its global abolition death penalty, in the context of the rotating EU presidency, President Emanuel Macron said today.
Speaking on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty in France, Macron said that a conference would be held in Paris with the participation of civil society groups from countries where the death penalty is in force or is suspended.
France, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2022, will also work with other member states on a United Nations resolution requiring countries to report the number of executions per year. imposed and the executions that take place, Macron said.
Macron spoke on behalf of Robert Badinter, who served as Justice Minister during the presidency of François Mitterrand and who brought the abolition of the death penalty to a vote in the French parliament in 1981.
France was the 35th country in the world to abolish the death penalty. Other countries have since lifted it or imposed a moratorium on executions, although many major countries, such as China, Iran and the United States, continue to enforce it.
Opinion polls suggest people in France are “deeply divided” over the issue, and far-right TV commentator and author Eric Zemour, who ran abruptly in next year’s presidential election, has said he is penalty.
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