Candle for Hanouka lit at the Élysée: has the principle of secularism been transgressed?

2023-12-08 16:05:23

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This ceremony took place following the European Conference of Rabbis, during which Emmanuel Macron received a prize for his fight against anti-Semitism. He has since been attacked for having transgressed the principle of secularism. “Indeed, it is not the place within the Élysée to light a Hanouka candle because the Republican DNA is to stay away from anything religious,” said Yonathan Arfi, president of Crif (Representative Council of Jewish institutions in France), on South Radio.