Xavier Bertrand calls on Emmanuel Macron to "restore order" in France

Security forces "dropped by the State and the Minister of the Interior" and "thrown into the pasture", denounced Xavier Bertrand, guest, this Sunday, June 14, of BFM Politics, in partnership with Le Parisien - Today in France. The president (ex-LR) of the Hauts-de-France region, one of the potential champions of the right for 2022, urged Emmanuel Macron to "pull himself together" and to "restore order in our country".

"It has been suggested that, for them ( the police, note ), there could be a presumption of guilt, […] they were released by the Minister of the Interior," insisted Xavier Bertrand. Christophe Castaner announced on Monday sanctions against the police in the event of a "proven suspicion" of racism, provoking anger among the agents, before admitting an error and back pedaling, this time mentioning "proven facts".

“The rule of law is not an option”

"The authority of the State, the rule of law, this is not an option, there is nothing more that holds otherwise", judged Xavier Bertrand in a speech very "iron fist": " When we see today what is happening, a demonstration is prohibited, it takes place, there is a demonstration which is anti-racist and it becomes a kind of anti-cop hatred and an anti-Semitic hatred, it is absolutely necessary that there be sanctions behind… ”, he added, estimating that the American police force and the French police force were strictly not comparable.

This week, the police and gendarmes were released by the state which suggested that for them, there could be a presumption of guilt. #BFMPolitics pic.twitter.com/R0HQ73dumd

According to Xavier Bertrand, neither Christophe Castaner nor the Keeper of the Seals Nicole Belloubet should remain after the government reshuffle. The question of their resignation is even already settled, he assured a few hours of the televised intervention of Emmanuel Macron, the fourth since the start of the coronavirus crisis. “I expect the President of the Republic this evening to tell us that what was committed by the ministers is a mistake and that there is no option, we no longer procrastinate and we enforce the "Rule of law in our country," he said.

"Wage moderation is unthinkable"

Asked on the set of "BFM Politics" on the deep economic crisis that is about to cross France, the former Minister of Health of Jacques Chirac pleaded for "zero charges" (wages and employers) for the hiring of 'a young person on a permanent contract, and this' for a certain number of months'

He also denounced the “blackmail” of the “wage moderation” sometimes proposed for the safeguard of employment in certain companies. "Those who offer this are unconscious," he said. "When you hear a minister or a business leader" advance these arguments, we "want to tell him, hey, coco, you take my place and my pay for six months, you return (then) on TV and we'll see if you agree to wage moderation ”.

I will fight against the blackmail of wages that can be done by some. In addition to being a moral fault which would reinforce inequalities in our country, it is an economic error! #BFMPolitics pic.twitter.com/lhpT3oQeTB

“Wage moderation is unthinkable and then it's always for low wages. I will fight against such decisions. Not only is it a moral fault but it is an economic error "because" if people have less, they will not be able to spend, "he argued.

While welcoming the action of the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, while the State was playing "firefighters", he asked for the outright abandonment of the unemployment insurance reform. "It would be an unnamed error to maintain it. You are going to make the French more vulnerable ”whereas today,“ we have to save the economy and protect people ”, he defended, delivering the same verdict for pension reform which, according to him,“ does not not meet today's challenges ”.