Macron Warns of Resurgent Demons of Antisemitism as France Honors Alfred Dreyfus
Macron warned that antisemitism is resurging as a statue honoring Alfred Dreyfus was unveiled and police opened a terrorism probe after a Sarcelles evacuation.
- On Sunday, July 12, 2026, French President Emmanuel Macron led France's first national commemoration for Captain Alfred Dreyfus in Paris, honoring the Jewish army officer wrongfully convicted of treason in the 19th century.
- Dreyfus was wrongfully convicted of treason in 1894, then exonerated 120 years ago by France's highest appeals court. His case exposed deep-seated anti-Jewish bias within French military and government structures.
- Officials unveiled a bronze statue of Dreyfus outside the Court of Cassation during Sunday's ceremony. Charles Dreyfus, the 99-year-old grandson, attended and expressed "the deep joy" of seeing his grandfather honored.
- Calling antisemitism "the enemy of the Republic," Macron decried its resurgence. He urged displaying names of the "Righteous Among the Nations" on buildings where Jews were sheltered from Nazis.
- Hours before the ceremony, police evacuated 300 people in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles after discovering a suspicious vehicle with a military weapon near a synagogue. Prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation.
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Macron warns of resurgent demons of antisemitism as France honors Alfred Dreyfus
French President Emmanuel Macron is decrying the resurgence of antisemitism in France. He spoke on Sunday at the inauguration of a statue honoring Capt.
On the occasion of the first national day of commemoration of the rehabilitation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, this Sunday, July 12, Emmanuel Macron called for a permanent mobilization against anti-Semitism. The Head of State also proposed that the names of the righteous who had saved Jews during the Second World War be affixed to the places where they protected them.
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On Sunday, the Head of State presided over the first national day of commemoration of the recognition of the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus. Faced with the resurgence of anti-Semitic acts in France over the past three years, he considered that vigilance was "a duty of every moment". He also called for the names of the Just to be affixed to "every place" where Jews were sheltered. - Emmanuel Macron called for vigilance in the face of the "return of …
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