"Sequence" finished, or almost.
After several virulent exchanges around the theme of insecurity, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and the green mayor of Grenoble Eric Piolle met on Monday Place Beauvau.
"Getting out of the buzz, getting out of social networks, it allows to have a dialogue and share strategies", welcomed the mayor of Grenoble at the end of this meeting at the Ministry of the Interior.
If there has been a "dialogue", we will come back to kindness and points of agreement.
"Laxity, it is in the policies of chin-blows successive interior ministers", hammered the elected green, in response to criticism that will be regularly addressed to him.
"I extended my hand to him for the good of the inhabitants"
The controversy between the two men dates back to the end of August, after the dissemination on social networks of images of armed dealers in a district of Grenoble.
Their distribution had aroused the anger of the authorities and Gérald Darmanin had ordered a police operation in the neighborhood.
Eric Piolle had deplored an operation of "com", while the minister had criticized his "angelic speeches".
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During this meeting, the minister "insisted on his choice to have a repressive policy", continued Eric Piolle, who is waiting to see the indicators and the results of this policy.
“When will we be able to say that this repressive policy worked or not?
", Asked the mayor of Grenoble, recalling" the strong demand for republican equality in working-class districts ", including in terms of security.
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For his part, the minister said on Twitter, having received the mayor "to take stock of the necessary strengthening of security in the city of Grenoble".
"I extended my hand to him for the good of the inhabitants," added Gérald Darmanin, broadcasting a letter in which he proposed to the mayor to arm the municipal police and to increase the number of CCTV cameras.
As I proposed to him, exchange this afternoon with Eric Piolle on place Beauvau, to take stock of the necessary strengthening of security in the city of #Grenoble.
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- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) September 21, 2020
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The minister also insisted on the arrival of "14" national police officers before February 2021. That is to say an increase of "3%", "always good to take", according to Eric Piolle.
