As anger rises in the ranks of the police, Marine Le Pen has stalled a visit to the police station of Villeneuve-la-Garenne this Friday morning. A displacement stalled in emergency, since the authorities were informed of the visit of the president of the National Rally, accompanied by his vice-president Jordan Bardella, only Thursday evening.
The police station could only open its doors to them because, like all the deputies, Marine Le Pen can go when she wishes to places deprived of liberty. This is the case of a police station since it has cells.
Jordan Bardella could also be on this trip since the legislative provision allowing parliamentarians' access to prisons, police custody premises and other detention centers, has been extended to MEPs. Jordan Bardella has been for a year.
Twenty police officers present
The president of the National Rally (RN) and her right arm spent a good hour at the police station. Where they exchanged with police, about twenty according to an official. The meeting, during which Marine Le Pen expressed his “support” to the police, was held without the media present, invited nonetheless to turn the microphone over to him after leaving the police station.
"If the intention of the Ministry of the Interior was to worsen the situation in our country, I think it is taking the right path," said the president of the RN with reference to the words of Christophe Castaner, who advocated the "Zero tolerance against racism among the police" and announced that a suspension would be "systematically considered for each suspected suspicion".
"It didn't surprise us"
"Like all politicians, she played her game by coming to Villeneuve-la-Garenne", comments a police officer, much more concerned by the words of his minister whom he considers "inadmissible".
The choice of Villeneuve-la-Garenne is no coincidence. It was particularly done in light of the clashes that took place last April between gangs of disgruntled young people and the police. Clashes following a serious traffic accident involving a young man from the town and the police while on patrol in a car. "With this episode of violence that we have known, it did not surprise us," said a city police officer.