2023-07-03 07:26:00
The Association of Mayors of France calls for “a civic mobilization of citizens for a return to republican order”, 6 days after Nahel’s death.
By IM with AFP The AMF calls on the population to gather in front of town halls on Monday July 3 at noon. © Stephane Lartigue / MAXPPP / PHOTOPQR/SUD OUEST/MAXPPP Published on 03/07/2023 at 07:26
The attack on the home of the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne) by rioters, on the night of Saturday July 1 to Sunday July 2, aroused emotion and indignation in the country. Monday, July 3, the president of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), David Lisnard, calls on the population and elected officials to gather at noon, in front of town halls, to demand “a civic mobilization of citizens for a return to life”. ‘republican order’.
In a press release, the AMF points out that “since last Tuesday, [les] towns are everywhere in France the scene of serious disturbances, which target with extreme violence the republican symbols that are the town halls, the schools, the libraries, the municipal police. All the town halls of France will sound their siren at noon during these gatherings, announced David Lisnard on Sunday July 2.
A gradual return to calm
The shock caused by the violent car-ram attack on the home of Vincent Jeanbrun, LR mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne), caused great emotion in the country, where a return to However, calm took shape in the night from Sunday to Monday, after five nights of riots following the death of Nahel, 17, killed by a policeman.
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At 1:30 am, the police had carried out 78 arrests on national territory (against more than 400 the previous night), according to the Ministry of the Interior, and no major incident had been reported. In Paris and its inner suburbs, 20 people were arrested at 1 a.m., according to the police headquarters.
Macron receives the mayors on Tuesday
After the attack on Vincent Jeanbrun’s house, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne assured the mayors that the government “will not let[it] pass no violence” and that “the greatest firmness” would be applied in the sanctions. Emmanuel Macron must, meanwhile, receive the presidents of the two assemblies also on Monday, then on Tuesday the mayors of more than 220 municipalities targeted by the violence.
He also asked Elisabeth Borne to meet the presidents of the parliamentary groups on Monday. The Head of State also wishes to “begin meticulous and longer-term work to understand in depth the reasons that led to these events”, according to the Elysée.
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