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The government wants to increase criminal penalties against those who attack elected officials

5/17/2023, 7:07:24 PM

Highlights: The government wants to increase criminal penalties for attacks on elected officials. Acts of physical or verbal violence against elected officials increased by 32% in 2022. This announcement comes as the mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins resigned from his post, after being targeted by a fire, while judging that the State had "not stood by (his) side" It will be considered as serious as attacks on police officers, Local Authorities Minister Dominique Faure said Wednesday.«We must obviously stop this infernal spiral of violence againstelected officials in our Republic. This is absolutely unacceptable," she said at Matignon.

This announcement comes as the mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins resigned from his post, after being targeted by a fire, while judging that the State had "not stood by (his) side".

The government wants to increase criminal penalties for attacks on elected officials, which will be considered as serious as attacks on police officers, Local Authorities Minister Dominique Faure said Wednesday.

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We must obviously stop this infernal spiral of violence against elected officials in our Republic. This is absolutely unacceptable," Dominique Faure said at Matignon where she had just participated in a meeting with Elisabeth Borne and the resigning mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (Loire-Atlantique), Yannick Morez.

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This announcement comes as the mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins resigned from his post after being targeted by an arson, while judging that the State had "not stood by (his) side". Acts of physical or verbal violence against elected officials increased by 32% in 2022, according to the Ministry of the Interior.

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