The ping-pong game between the City of Paris and the State on the theme of security continues. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, returns to the charge, Thursday, July 21, on this permanent object of discord and flowery exchanges between the socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo, and the prefect of police who left office on Wednesday, Didier Lallement.
In an interview given to Parisian, it announces the creation of 1,000 new police stations in the capital over the next five years, including 500 before 2024. Two years before the Olympic Games, “Security in Paris will be my priority, says the Minister, and it will be that of Laurent Nunez”, replacing Mr. Lallement. Similarly, 500 new CCTV cameras will be installed.
But, this friendliness past, Gérald Darmanin shoots a few arrows in the direction of the socialist municipality. Anne Hidalgo, it is true, had not spared it after the fiasco of the Champions League final, on May 28, at the Stade de France: “A shame for our country, our region, our capital, which will host the biggest, most recognized and broadcast event in the world, the Olympic and Paralympic Games”, she considered. In his interview, the Minister of the Interior returns the ball to the field of the municipal police, set up a year ago. Mr. Darmanin regrets that the police are “today less than 400 and no [soient] unarmed”. “We all hope, as the Parisians I know, that the town hall of Paris will put the means to reach the 2,500 police officers announced”he continues, offering his help.
” We are available “
He also evokes the crack crisis in Paris, a recurring subject of tension between the prefecture and the city. The minister asks “greater solidarity between local authorities and the State”specifying: “We have to stop passing the ball to each other, the Parisians don’t want that. » Installing Mr Nunes on Thursday, the minister asked him to fix the problem “within a year”.
At the Hôtel-de-Ville, the mood is not controversial. Anne Hidalgo’s assistant in charge of security prefers to welcome the police reinforcement. “This is going in the right direction. It was a request from us.”, says Nicolas Nordman. But the lack of “solidarity” what is the minister complaining about in the crack crisis? No doubt, replies Mr. Nordman, but from the State. The municipality did not appreciate being sidelined when the prefecture “has moved consumption scenes”method ” brutal “ et “unilateral”, says the deputy. Yet, he asserts, “We are available, as we have always been, to work with the State to resolve this problem”.
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