Le Sénat rend hommage à Paul Vergès

On Tuesday, December 13, 2016, Gérard Larcher, President of the Senate, delivered a eulogy to honor the memory of Paul Vergès, Senator of Réunion and Dean of the Senate, who died on November 12. The President of the Senate paid tribute to the memory of Paul Vergès, "a great voice of this island of Réunion, to whose service he dedicated himself throughout his life and of which he was a central and charismatic figure." The government was represented by Ericka Bareigts, Minister of Overseas Territories.