2023-10-03 05:00:11
Emmanuel Macron visiting the Tonneins gendarmerie (Lot-et-Garonne), October 2, 2023. BOB EDME / AFP
Gérald Darmanin unrolls a map of France gridded with small dots that look like a battle plan. Under the hangar of the brand new gendarmerie in Tonneins (Lot-et-Garonne), the air is stifling, Monday October 2. But the Minister of the Interior is savoring this moment which he says “historical” by detailing the establishment of 238 new gendarmerie brigades: 93 fixed and 145 mobile will flourish in the country over the next five years. Some 600 gendarmes out of 3,500 have already been trained. The realization of Emmanuel Macron’s campaign promise, in 2022: “put more blue” on public roads.
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From Papeete to Thoiry, from Pacy-sur-Eure to Cagnes-sur-Mer, no territory has been forgotten, “not even overseas”, welcomes the tenant of Place Beauvau. It is, he says, a “ trend reversal [inédit] since the end of the First World War. Between 2007 and 2016, under the Sarkozy and Hollande five-year terms, no less than 500 gendarmerie brigades disappeared, recalls the Elysée. For the sake of budgetary savings, in particular.
” Go further ! »encourages Emmanuel Macron on Monday, addressing his minister, before promoting the ” detailed work “ carried out for “change the lives of elected officials” et “go to neglected areas”. Then, turning towards the few dozen gendarmes, the President of the Republic supports: “People need your presence. »
“That’s it for the police!” »
Show that the State acts, more than it speaks? “ When our compatriots have the feeling that efficiency is not there, that the Republic is not present enough, they can turn to the extremes”, he then notes, in front of journalists. In the audience, Hélène Laporte, National Rally deputy for Lot-et-Garonne and vice-president of the National Assembly, welcomed the announcement. “What we regret is that it took so long. And we hope that criminal justice can follow behind”slips the far-right elected official.
A stone’s throw from the gendarmerie where Emmanuel Macron is speaking, resonate the « casserolades » issued by a small group of opponents, including “yellow vests”, who came to welcome him with cries of: “This is not Versailles!” ». Tonneins is a typical village in the South-West, perched above the Garonne. But this France of bell towers extends into a soulless commercial area, crossed by a noisy national road and punctuated by lots of pavilions, where it is almost impossible to get to without a car. In the crowd, Catherine Testayre, a teacher, deplores a “double standards”: “We close hospital beds, school classes, and all of a sudden, we open police stations. I’m for public service, but here, it’s all for the police! »she storms.
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