Immediately after the murderous attack by a policewoman in Rambouillet (Yvelines), on Friday, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, and the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, went there to express their emotion and their support for the police as to his colleagues at the police station.
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The Republic has just lost one of its everyday heroines in a barbaric gesture and of infinite cowardice
", reacted Jean Castex.
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To those close to him, I want to express the support of the whole nation.
To our security forces, I want to say that I share their emotion and their indignation
”, continued the head of government, recalling his“
determination to fight terrorism
”.
According to the Elysee, Emmanuel Macron, back from N'Djamena, followed “
the situation closely” by being “informed in real time
”.
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The nation stands alongside the family, its colleagues and the police.
We will not give up on the fight against terrorism,
”the president tweeted.
The terrorist trail
While Valérie Pécresse, the president of Île-de-France, was in Rouen alongside Hervé Morin, she turned around to go there and "
show (her) support for our forces of the order once again bereaved
”. "
The terrorist track is seriously considered
", she said on the spot, evoking "
the seriousness of the threat
". “
We wanted to strike a symbol of France because our police officers are France; they are the face of France
”, moved Valérie Pécresse after having spoken with the police and the gendarmes. "
We also tried to destabilize the country by coming here to attack the police forces of this quiet little town in the rural south of Île-de-France.
», She continued.
A message of support for the police shared by the entire political class.
It is an “
abominable assassination
”, judged the deputy LFI Clémentine Autain.
It is a “
terrible and cowardly attack
”, condemned the national secretary of EELV, Julien Bayou, by expressing his “
solidarity with the police
”.
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An odious act which strikes again our country
", denounced the Communist deputy Fabien Roussel and presidential candidate.
Because beyond this tragic event, elected officials are worried about the risks increasingly incurred by the police in the exercise of their functions. "
Once again, the police are paying the heaviest price for our security,
" supported the presidential candidate Xavier Bertrand. "
Do not abandon them, they are on the front line in the face of the explosion of violence,
" urged the President of the Republicans, Christian Jacob. "
The threat to our police forces is omnipresent and at its height,
" lamented the LR deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes, Éric Ciotti. “
Once again, our police are paying the price in blood. Sadness and anger because nothing changes and the dead are added
», Condemned the president of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Laurent Wauquiez.
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This hatred of the police is unbearable and inspires me with anger and disgust,
" said UDI Senator from the North, Olivier Henno.
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A national harmony
"
The presidential majority also expressed its support for the security forces.
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Words are weak in the face of the horror and the astonishment which grips us all
", argued Aurore Bergé, LREM deputy for Yvelines.
“
Every day, our law enforcement agencies put their lives on the line for us.
It's enough to have a short memory
, ”she said.
"
The Republic will know how to react
", wants to believe Laurent Saint-Martin, LREM deputy of Val-de-Marne and head of the LREM list in Île-de-France
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An insufficient observation for Nicolas Dupont-Aignan.
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I learn that the Tunisian assailant would have slaughtered the young policewoman at the cry of Allah Akbar
", affirmed the president of Debout la France.
“
Islamic terrorism is once again causing French blood to flow.
Enough to point out the enemy.
The war has started: let's fight it
, ”he said.
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The same horrors follow one another, the same infinite sadness when thinking of the relatives and colleagues of this murdered policewoman, the same profiles guilty of this barbarism, the same Islamist motives… We can't take it anymore
”, denounced the president of the RN , Marine Le Pen.
"
Another Islamist attack.
Another murdered policewoman.
Another terrorist who should never have been on our soil.
It is not those who let it happen for years that will put an end to it,
”added Nicolas Bay, RN candidate in the regional elections in Normandy.
In such a context, the LR mayor of Poissy, Karl Olive, called for “
national harmony
” behind the police.
“
Today, more than ever, we need a sacred union, a national harmony of all political stripes, of all sensibilities.
We need all our police forces on a daily basis to protect us
, ”said the elected official on BFMTV.