Should a Minister of the Interior participate in a police rally?
The announced presence of Gerald Darmanin with the forces of the other Wednesday in front of the National Assembly provokes the indignation of part of the political class.
Invited on France Inter Wednesday morning, the Minister of the Interior considered that the situation was
"not baroque but normal"
.
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"I bring my support to the police officers and the gendarmes every day since I was Minister of the Interior"
, indicated Gérald Darmanin, recalling that the police force is
"marked by the mourning of the two assassinations"
of members of the forces of the order, occurred in recent weeks.
“I think it's my job, my job, my way of supporting them to be with them,”
he said.
"I will tell them that we love them,"
he said again.
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"The least of things is to go and show them our support"
The tenant of Beauvau particularly welcomed the presence of his political opponents, who
"have different ideas"
but who are
"Republicans"
by joining the police on Wednesday.
"The least of things is to go and show them our support"
, also estimated the Minister of the Interior. In his sights: France Insoumise and Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, the only ones absent - even if EELV MEP Yannick Jadot has announced his participation. The two left-wing political forces denounce certain demands of the organizing unions, such as the idea of a
"minimum sentence"
in the event of an attack against a representative of the police.