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VIDEO. Crack in Paris: "This wall will not solve the problem", says Valérie Pécresse

2021-09-28T18:10:49.185Z


The police headquarters had a double wall erected, near the square de Villette, on the border of Paris and the Quatre-Chemins district in


Valérie Pécresse, president of the Ile-de-France region and presidential candidate called on Sunday to find a “health response” for crack users.

Friday, September 24, the police headquarters walled up a passage connecting Pantin and Paris.

A measure taken after the transfer of crack users from the Eole garden to Porte de la Villette.

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Angry residents gathered on Sunday September 26.

A gathering to which Valérie Pécresse was invited.

In front of the cameras of the many journalists present on the spot, she believes that "this wall will not solve the problem".

We must create a "real center for the fight against addictions" to allow crack users "to get off drugs and get off the streets," she adds.

"Creating a wall between Paris and its most popular suburbs means locking up: locking people up in their social situation, in their territories and that is not possible," said Valérie Pécresse.

Source: leparis

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