Holocaust denial (Contestation de crimes contre l’humanité) – The Paris Judicial Court acquitted a French politician, prosecuted for declaring that “Pétain saved the French Jews,” holding that although the statement suggested Pétain had protected Jews, its spontaneous nature in a heated debate context excluded any deliberate intent to deny or minimize the genocide.

Art. 24 bis Loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la liberté de la presse.