"France reconciled. The objective had been included in the frontispiece of Emmanuel Macron's campaign in 2017. The lively debates of the past few weeks bear witness to this, the road is long. Certainly, they were multiple, diverse. But they also have in common to relate to the foundations of the republican pact.
A minister summed up: “It all started with the George Floyd affair, which is foreign to us. Here comes the Traoré affair, which is not new and has nothing to do with it. Then, the questions of supposed racism and mixed police violence, discomfort in the police and discomfort in society, which have nothing to do either. "The same sees in it" a fragmentation "," living wounds ", when" the debate must be done in calm weather ".
Where we saw, as this Saturday (smoothly), the demonstrations multiply against police violence, distrust in germ since the crisis of yellow vests. But also, a rare occurrence, the police throw their handcuffs on the ground, because they feel released by their minister Christophe Castaner. Electricity news, also struck by the violence in Dijon.
Caught in their grip by their oppositions from the left and the right, the leaders of the majority are stepping up against those who "stir up the embers" of tensions in Dijon or in the demonstrations. It prevents. The executive appears to be entangled.
Population / police confidence to be rebuilt
Especially since the Minister of the Interior is more vulnerable than ever. Politically, but also with his troops. He tells us so, assuming to “shake up” and defending his record: he wishes to “stay”. So few believe in it… enough to undermine his authority there too. Line divergences with his secretary of state, Laurent Nuñez, also appear in the open. Including the speech of June 8, which the Minister contests.
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The stake of these debates is not small. The trust between the population and the police is at stake, which Emmanuel Macron had promised to bring together. It remains to be refounded. The President laid the line in his formal address on June 14, and for the time being, he is stopping there. "There is no alternative to the republican order, to the unity of the Nation, recalls his entourage. Republican order, public order, is exercised on behalf of the French people. There is no need to stigmatize a profession. However, it is necessary to punish abuses and strengthen police ethics. "
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