Gérard Larcher wants to examine with "attention" and "respectful empathy" the request for the opening of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the murder of Samuel Paty. In a letter published by the online news site Factuel, Mickaëlle Paty wants to be able to "hold accountable those responsible for the mismanagement, the erroneous treatment of the threat to my brother and the resulting lack of foresight" On October 16, 2020, the 47-year-old history-geography teacher was stabbed and beheaded.