President Emmanuel Macron declares July 12 a national day honoring Alfred Dreyfus, justice and the fight against antisemitism and unveils a statue of Alfred Dreyfus outside the Court of Cassation with Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire.The announcement coincides with the restored monument to Bernard Lazare in Nîmes, rebuilt in 2025 after destruction by the Vichy regime, and with remarks from David Storper of the History and Memory collective about correcting historical wrongs.Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully convicted of treason in 1894 and fully acquitted by the
Court of Cassation in 1906, later suffering violence in 1908; historians warn that nationalist and extremist groups today threaten the principles he defended, making the national day an active lesson in defending truth and republican values.