{"id":9207,"date":"2026-05-19T07:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/alexis-de-tocqueville-honored-at-the-french-national-assembly\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:09:09","slug":"alexis-de-tocqueville-honored-at-the-french-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/en\/alexis-de-tocqueville-honored-at-the-french-national-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexis de Tocqueville Honored at the French National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9207\" class=\"elementor elementor-9207 elementor-9191\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f63f7da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f63f7da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff55165 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ff55165\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn May 12, 2026, at the French National Assembly, its President, Ya\u00ebl Braun-Pivet, unveiled five commemorative plaques honoring the deputies who fought for the abolition of slavery in 1848: Victor Hugo, Alphonse de Lamartine, Louisy Mathieu, Victor Sch\u0153lcher, and Alexis de Tocqueville.<br><br>These plaques commemorate the history of the \u201cSalle de carton,\u201d a temporary parliamentary chamber installed in the Cour d\u2019honneur between May 1848 and December 1851 to host the deputies of the Constituent Assembly.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9d696a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9d696a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wJOqc1w8v-nlztnLS2jTNw4Alc-w21sKlA-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9201\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wJOqc1w8v-nlztnLS2jTNw4Alc-w21sKlA-1.jpg 337w, https:\/\/tocquevillefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wJOqc1w8v-nlztnLS2jTNw4Alc-w21sKlA-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbba5e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbba5e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWithin this Assembly, Tocqueville embodied a distinctive voice: that of a demanding defender of liberty, convinced that democracy cannot be fully achieved without equality of rights. As rapporteur of the commission on the abolition of slavery, he believed that political freedom only has meaning if it extends to all.<br><br>The Tocqueville Foundation welcomes this official recognition. Seeing Tocqueville\u2019s name inscribed in the stone of the Palais Bourbon, alongside other major figures of 1848, is a reminder that his thought remains profoundly relevant for understanding today\u2019s democratic challenges and defending liberty in our time.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 12, 2026, at the French National Assembly, its President, Ya\u00ebl Braun-Pivet, unveiled five commemorative plaques honoring the deputies who fought for the abolition of slavery in 1848: Victor Hugo, Alphonse de Lamartine, Louisy Mathieu, Victor Sch\u0153lcher, and Alexis de Tocqueville. 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