2023-11-28 17:45:58
Before the traditional questions to the government, the deputies observed a minute of silence, Tuesday, November 28, in tribute to Thomas, a 16-year-old teenager killed in Crépol (Drôme) during a ball. After presenting her condolences, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, recalled that “nine people were arrested and indicted”. As for the “for Thomas” gatherings of small far-right groups, such as in Romans-sur-Isère or Lyon, the head of government “condemns with the greatest firmness”.
Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, estimate that “these militias, in Romans-sur-Isère, came to “hit blacks, hit Arabs” to put an end to what they think is “the great replacement””and counts 1,500 far-right activists on S files. Also, the minister reaffirmed his wish to dissolve the Martel Divisionof which at least one member is suspected of being involved in the violence in Romans-sur-Isère, which he will present to the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, and two other small groups whose dissolution he hopes for on Thursday.
A decision made in the morning
It was the conference of presidents of the Assembly which recorded the decision to observe a minute of silence on Tuesday morning. According to a parliamentary source consulted by Agence France-Presse, the decision was not the subject of specific debates at the conference of presidents on Tuesday, but the President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, announced that she was initiating a reflection on the criteria which could govern the organization of minutes of silence.
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In recent months, the Chamber has observed minutes of silence in tribute to the victims of Hamas attacks, to Dominique Bernard, a teacher killed in Arras by an individual registered with S, to the victims of a knife attack in Annecy by a Syrian refugee and to Nahel M., killed in Nanterre by a police officer. The latter had aroused mixed reactions, even criticism, on the right and the far right, with certain elected officials calling for reflection on the relevance of minutes of silence in the Assembly.
“I am delighted that the President of the National Assembly responded favorably to our request”formulated with the MP for Drôme Emmanuelle Anthoine, rejoiced the boss of the Les Républicains party, Eric Ciotti, on. “This assassination shocked the French. We had a duty to pay tribute to him. »
Olivier Véran traveled to Crépol
The government tried on Monday to ease tensions aroused by the death of this 16-year-old high school student, while the ultra-right organized violent rallies this weekend in Romans-sur-Isère, a town near Crépol. “It is up to the courts to do justice, not to the French themselves”launched the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, castigating “the factions of the ultra-right driven by hatred and resentment”.
In addition to Thomas, who died after receiving stab wounds, eight people were injured on the night of November 18 to 19 at the end of the Crépol winter ball, in circumstances that are still unclear. Nine young people, partly arrested in Toulouse, where they had fled, were indicted on Saturday, among other things, for murder by an organized gang, a charge punishable by life imprisonment. Six of them, including two minors, were incarcerated.
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