When asked, on May 6 on LCI, if she will join the demonstration organized by the police unions, Marlène Schiappa, Minister for Citizenship, responds without hesitation in the negative.
Making it a principle not to participate in any gathering as a minister, the number two of Beauvau justifies: “In general, these marches also challenge the government, I will not self-challenge!
"Argument sent to Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, expected alongside the demonstrators on Wednesday ...
"It's a way of telling them that I love them and that I support them," he argues at the Parisian.
The national police are experiencing serious difficulties with two assassinations of their colleagues
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and I cannot imagine myself being elsewhere.
»And the Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti?
Mentioned, the hypothesis of his coming finally appeared "unlikely" Tuesday evening.
"A position à la Sarkozy"
Notably, the event will take place at the foot of the Palais Bourbon.
During the breakfast of the majority, Tuesday morning, the president of the Assembly, Richard Ferrand, was also said "a little surprised not to have been warned by the prefecture of police" ... Additional spotlight , with the exception of LFI, the entire political class will be involved.
"Without recovery", warn the organizers, ensuring that the rally must first be a demonstration of "the support of the population for its republican police".
To read also At the demonstration of the police, all the left will be present, except the rebellious
Including the Minister of the Interior, therefore. The approach, unprecedented, causes a stir and criticism in the opposition. But also ticks in the majority, especially within the left wing, on the theme "Minister of the Interior, it is not Minister of the cops" ... The person, him, claims more than ever to endorse the blue suit. “I am the first police officer in France, it seems. So it is quite normal to also be the first to wear their colors, part of their demands. I think that's part of the bond of trust, ”he adds to our newspaper.
A gesture, eminently symbolic.
Very political, too, one year before the presidential election, while the pledges given last week to Matignon have not appeased the anger.
"He takes a position at Sarkozy to say to the police:
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I am defending you tooth and nail
", notes an LREM deputy.
A way, too, not to leave the ground for the National Rally, while a recent Ipsos-Cevipof survey estimated at 44% the share of police and military planning to vote for Marine Le Pen in the first round of the presidential election.
The fear of "an anti-government rally"
As for the unions, they are pushing the fires. The “most important” claim in their eyes? "The implementation of minimum sentences for attackers of the police," according to their press release. “It's a cover-sex to say automatic punishment. No party in power would do that, except to switch to an elsewhere, which is not the rule of law, ”says an adviser to the executive. "Being present does not mean approving all of the demands", echoed the place Beauvau.
"It is damaging that a minister goes there, but I think he has no choice", concludes a Walker, fearing otherwise "an anti-government meeting". It remains to be seen what will ultimately be the tone of this gathering. "I hope that this will be held in republican respect, respect for parliamentarians and respect for magistrates", warned Richard Ferrand, during the breakfast of the majority. As for the tone of the weeks to come… It makes more than one shudder, within the majority. "I am also thinking of the military stands, blows an LREM deputy, all this should not coagulate ..."