Bernard Accoyer Tuesday has passed, by unanimous vote, a report on laws memorial entitled "Gathering the nation around a shared memory". It comes from a mission established last spring by the President of the National Assembly after the decision of Nicolas Sarkozy to "entrust the memory" of a child victim of the Holocaust each pupil of CM2. After hearing 69 historians, researchers, sociologists and teachers, members decided not to return to the memorial already passed laws concerning the fight against racism, antisemitism and xenophobia (Gayssot Act), or recognition of slavery as a crime against humanity (Taubira law). But they considered that the role of Parliament "not to adopt laws calling or on an assessment of historical facts, especially when they are accompanied by criminal sanctions." What welcome Marie-Louise Fort (UMP) and Maxime Gremetz (PC). After the controversy surrounding the report Kaspi, which proposed to limit to three (May 8, 14 July and 11 November) the number of national days of commemoration, members of the left in particular, have insisted not to call into question the twelve existing commemoration dates. With the precision of size: "Any significant change in our calendar commemorative (should) take the law." Accoyer The report also states that Parliament should not prescribe the content of textbooks. But it reaffirms the commitment of members to the compulsory teaching of history. The mission also encourages the publication of manuals of history "between EU Member States.
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