The president of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), David Lisnard, called Thursday for a "precise study of the phenomenon of aggression of elected officials" The decision of the mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins Yannick Morez, threatened because of a project to transfer a reception center for asylum seekers (CADA), has provoked a wave of political indignation. "We must look at why the perpetrators of pressure, intimidation and violence that go so far as to burn a home, endangering the life of an elected official and his family," he said.