US EditionFrance Bids Farewell to Ex-PM Jospin Who 'Modernised' Nation
The ceremony honored Jospin’s reforms including the 35-hour workweek and civil unions, with thousands attending and Macron highlighting his impact on justice and freedom.
- On Thursday, France bid farewell to former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin at Les Invalides, with President Emmanuel Macron leading a national tribute to the influential statesman who died Sunday aged 88.
- Jospin modernized France's social life from 1997 to 2002, introducing the 35-hour work week and civil partnerships for gay couples. These reforms 'helped bring France into the new century,' Macron said.
- Members of the Republican Guard carried the casket draped in a French flag into the courtyard before the band performed the postwar classic 'Les Feuilles Mortes' . Jospin's widow, philosopher Sylviane Agacinsky, attended the public funeral.
- A unifying figure, Jospin led a coalition government of Socialists, Greens, and Communists during his tenure. In later years, he made a cameo appearance in the romantic comedy 'The Names of Love', released in 2010.
- Jospin's death draws fresh attention to divisions tearing apart France's Socialists, Greens, and Communists as the country prepares to elect a successor to Macron, who is constitutionally barred from running again.
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The national tribute paid to the former Prime Minister led to a reunion between former ministers of his government The "multiple left" was reconstituted on Thursday 26 March at the Invalides
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France bids farewell to ex-PM Jospin who 'modernised' nation
France on Thursday bid farewell to former prime minister Lionel Jospin, with President Emmanuel Macron leading a national tribute to the influential left‑wing statesman credited with major welfare reforms.
The former Socialist Prime Minister, "the 35-hour man", died on Sunday 22 March at the age of 88. A national tribute, presided over by the Head of State in the presence of many political figures, is being held on Thursday 26 March at the Hôtel des Invalides.
Face known to all, Lionel Jospin died this Sunday, March 23 at the age of 88. In memory of the former Prime Minister, a national tribute took place this Thursday, March 26 at the Invalides. Back to the ceremony that brought together many political figures.
The national tribute to Lionel Jospin took place this Thursday late in the morning, in the Invalides. The ceremony lasted about forty minutes, before the funeral of the ancestor Socialist Prime Minister scheduled at the beginning of the afternoon. Relive our direct.
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