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"May the State be firm in the face of delinquents, not only in the face of the peaceful French"

2021-01-04T19:19:42.307Z


TRIBUNE - The weakness of the State in the face of the “rave party” near Rennes is an additional indication of its propensity to be pusillanimous in the face of violent groups. However, the law-abiding French can no longer support it, argues the lawyer and essayist, Thibault de Montbrial.


Thibault de Montbrial is the author of

Osons Authority

(Éditions de l'Observatoire, 216 pages, € 19).

Even if attention is currently focused on the health crisis, and in particular on the dismal management of the vaccination campaign, other difficulties will mark the return of the government.

Mother of all battles, the question of the authority of the State arises more than ever at the start of the year.

Several events that occurred during the badly named “truce of the confectioners” illustrate the continued weakening of this authority.

Thus, despite an extremely strict curfew from 8 p.m. and the highly publicized deployment of 100,000 police and gendarmes, New Year's night did not escape its sad procession of vehicle fires (officially 861) and various violence.

In particular, 25 police officers and gendarmes were injured while on duty.

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Source: lefigaro

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