2023-07-03 14:01:00
The President of the Republic has asked his Minister of the Interior to maintain a massive police presence on the ground to obtain a return to calm.
By HR with AFP Emmanuel Macron asked his Minister of the Interior to keep the system in place. © LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL / AFP Published on 07/03/2023 at 2:01 p.m.
The police system put in place for several days could be maintained at the request of Emmanuel Macron. The President of the Republic has indeed urged Gérald Darmanin, his Minister of the Interior, to maintain a “massive presence” of police officers on the ground to obtain “a return to calm”. This decision is part of a context of sharp decline in violence after six nights of riots linked to the death of young Nahel, said Monday the entourage of the head of state.
“The President of the Republic wants the executive to maintain a high level of commitment and pressure on the ground, with a massive presence, to consolidate the return to calm and order”, we also note. source.
“Restore order and guarantee a return to calm”
The Minister of the Interior estimated Monday, after a night when no major incident was reported, that “order” was “being restored”, “thanks to a firmness which has been displayed”. Gérald Darmanin renewed on Sunday evening a device of 45,000 police and gendarmes throughout the territory to deal with the riots triggered by the death of young Nahel, killed by a police officer during a road check on Tuesday in Nanterre.
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During a meeting Sunday evening at the Élysée with the head of government Élisabeth Borne and seven ministers, Emmanuel Macron asked to “continue to do everything to restore order and guarantee a return to calm”. “Without drawing any hasty conclusions, at this stage, everything leads us to believe that he did well to decide for a graduated response”, underlines those around him.
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