Exasperated by the biffins on the sidelines of the Puces de Vanves, the mayors of Malakoff and the 14th arrondissement of Paris are demanding more resources. “It’s an eternal game of cat and mouse,” sighs Jacqueline Belhomme, PCF mayor of Malkoff.

On January 30, the elected official from Hauts-de-Seine and Carine Petit, her counterpart (Les Écologists) from Paris, wrote a long joint letter to Laurent Nuñez, the Paris police prefect.