Expulsions, radicalization… after the Arras attack, the government under pressure

2023-10-16 22:33:15

6 p.m., this Monday, October 16, at the Ministry of the Interior. In a hurry, Gérald Darmanin leaves his office and goes to the basement of Beauvau, where, behind a heavy door, all the elite of the national police, gendarmerie and intelligence await him. There are around twenty of them in this room usually assigned to the interministerial crisis unit (CIC). Nearly a thousand behind the big screen where all the prefects and departmental directors of public security in the territory are connected.