Marine Le Pen going to Dijon (Côte-d'Or), this Tuesday, June 16, in the wake of another visit, that of the Secretary of State for the Interior Laurent Nuñez? The president of the National Rally wanted to make the post-deconfinement period "a political moment". So she did not hesitate to surf on this burning news, after the violence of the weekend, handling her favorite themes, insecurity and communitarianism.
As in the previous week, Marine Le Pen rushed into the breach of the conflict between the police and the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner. The situation in Dijon "must be considered for our Nation as a warning", she says, with in mind to take advantage of security issues, her natural DNA, to nationalize the debate. And, of course, to install the match with Emmanuel Macron for the presidential election of 2022. "France is a store of dynamite and we are in the process of breaking matches there. At the moment, it makes sense for her to make her voice heard, ”says a relative.
Like an air of presidential campaign
The scenario of this Tuesday, developed the day before by the president of the RN, furiously recalls that of the in-between rounds of the 2017 presidential election, when she had taken the candidate from En Marche short! by disembarking unexpectedly in the parking lot of the Whirpool factory in Amiens (Somme). Except that Emmanuel Macron is not there. The head of state had chosen to devote his day to questions of industrial sovereignty - "an extremely important subject", insists the Elysée - by visiting a Sanofi factory in the Rhône, where he advocated for the relocation of the production of drugs .
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And Dijon? "For now, he has asked the Minister of the Interior and the Secretary of State to take over the file," said his entourage. A duo dispatched to the National Assembly faced with a series of questions to the government, for Christophe Castaner, and to Dijon, for Laurent Nuñez, in order to send a message of support to the police and announce reinforcements. It was, said the entourage of the latter, "to say enough is enough, the Republic is not the Far West ". If the head of state is not in the spotlight, he nevertheless follows the file closely, and in particular asked the ministry to examine the possibility of expelling foreigners who are implicated in these violence.
The modus operandi is reminiscent of that of last week, with the debate - in which the executive got tangled - on violence and racism in the police. Then instructs Christophe Castaner to take charge of this thorny issue. We know what happened next ... His statements ulcerated the powerful police unions, the troops, but also made Laurent Nunez tick. Ultimately, it is its position in Beauvau that is weakened.
"The president takes note, he observes, listens"
In this context, the violence in Dijon - to which was added this Tuesday images of breakage by groups of black blocks on the sidelines of the demonstration of carers in Paris - could only strengthen the opposition in its criticisms. And the police unions in their demands. " Do not mix everything up. Christophe Castaner is in tune with the need to reinforce the police force, to better equip them, to improve their working conditions, "assures his entourage, however assuming the positions taken in terms of ethics, if not" regret over the expression of "suspected suspicion" of racism in the police.
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As for Emmanuel Macron, who nevertheless intends to give sovereign issues a “central” position in the rest of the five-year term, he sticks to his words for the time being, pronounced on Sunday June 14 during his television address. Words signing his will to appear in "defense of the republican order" but also of his police, says a close, but which were not enough to calm the discontent. “For the moment, he takes note, he observes, listens, exchanges. But he cannot react every day, to all subjects, argues the entourage of the head of state. We remain consistent with the solemn address on Sunday, the many consultations held and the appointment made with the French in July. At the risk of appearing to be withdrawn. And leave the field to his opponents.
