2023-07-03 15:12:00
After six nights of riots linked to the death of young Nahel, killed on June 28 by a policeman in Nanterre, the situation was much calmer overnight from Sunday to Monday. However, the President of the Republic on Monday asked Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin to maintain a “massive presence” on the ground in order to guarantee the “return to calm”, indicated Monday the entourage of the head of the 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.
Gérald Darmanin estimated Monday, after a night when no major incident was reported, that “order” was “being restored”, “thanks to a firmness that was displayed” . He had renewed Sunday evening a device of 45,000 police and gendarmes throughout the territory to deal with the riots.
“Do everything to restore order”
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.
Emmanuel Macron will also receive the mayors who are victims of violence this Tuesday. The president will also receive the presidents of the Senate and the Assembly on Monday to address the subject of the riots. As for Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, she meets the political groups at 5 p.m. in Matignon.
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