He has not yet officially spoken, but he is consulting. According to our information, President Emmanuel Macron spent the weekend chatting with many interlocutors about the anti-racist demonstrations that took place this week in France - and which have multiplied around the world.
Elected officials, associations, civil society… The president took the time to consult several voices about the anti-racist movement, whose anger is raging since the death of George Floyd two weeks ago in the United States, and which has revived in France. , anger related to other episodes of police violence.
Emmanuel Macron also discussed with Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner and the Minister responsible for the City and Housing Julien Denormandie. The objective? Push them to grasp the subject.
Improve the ethics of law enforcement
On the Beauvau side, the president notably encouraged Christophe Castaner to go through with the work started last January. Emmanuel Macron then called for "clear proposals to improve the ethics" of the police. The subject was launched after the dissemination of several images of violence during demonstrations against the pension reform.
He was revived by the death in the United States of George Floyd, which sparked outrage in many countries around the world. Thousands of protesters gathered in several major cities to protest against police violence targeting minorities.
In France, an initial appeal had brought together more than 20,000 people Tuesday evening near the Paris tribunal de grande instance. Meanwhile, the dissemination of investigations revealing racist messages from police officers on social networks has fueled the anger, already present, of several anti-racist collectives.
Saturday, new rallies were organized despite the bans linked to Covid-19, gathering more than 23,000 people throughout the territory, including a majority in provincial towns.
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