On this Sunday market, the rue Magenta, on the border of Paris and Pantin, is almost impractical: the vans of traders occupy the sidewalks, pedestrians and cyclists appropriate the roadway.
The crowd is dense, large.
"We are the line of inhabitants who do not exist according to Darmanin", gets carried away Marion, a resident of the street, bordered by apartment buildings.
On Friday, the police headquarters walled up the Forceval passage, located a stone's throw from the market, which linked the Quatre-Chemins district, between Pantin and Aubervilliers, and the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
A measure taken in the wake of the evacuation of crack users to Porte de Villette, "in a landless area in the immediate vicinity", then indicated the prefecture.
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A "big joke", "a shame" for the inhabitants who organized a rally this Sunday morning, to which the president of the region (Free!) And presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse and a swarm of journalists was invited.
In front of the cameras, she believes that "this wall will not solve the problem": "The solution would be to open a detoxification structure instead of opening shooting rooms which disturb public order everywhere in Paris and which create encouragement to consume.
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Fears for the balance of the neighborhood, already fragile
Around, many residents shout their anger at this "intolerable" situation.
"Speaking to citizens, not politicians," say several residents.
"Do you have drug addicts downstairs?"
Do you have a social hotel next door?
», Angered a man.
"We are taken for the trash of Paris", is carried away a third.
Pantin, this Sunday.
Regional president Valérie Pécresse regretted the construction of a wall between the 19th arrondissement of Paris and Pantin.
"It's crazy to have us put that there, do not take off Marion.
Why not avenue Montaigne (Editor's note: a street on the Champs-Élysées)?
We don't exist.
»Owner of an apartment in the district for six years, she cannot get over this decision to move drug addicts near Quatre-Chemins.
“This is delirium.
Our doors are broken every day, we are already struggling every night.
How's it gonna be when some crack-high dudes meet the neighborhood drug dealers?
she asks herself.
This is no bobo land here.
We just want to live in a popular and harmonious neighborhood.
"Marion, who exchanged with Valérie Pécresse under the watchful eye of the cameras, questions" the timing "of this visit:" She is coming as a presidential candidate ", supports Fatima, her neighbor.
"This wall of shame will never stop anyone"
“There are a lot of single women with children in our building, the prices per square meter are not expensive, it allows to have several rooms, details Isabelle, another local resident.
But the price to pay is to live in this neighborhood.
It's steep here.
There are dope vendors on every corner.
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She considers that "this wall of shame will never stop anyone" and denounces "the total lack of respect" of the authorities for drug addicts: "They put the crackers in a square full of rats, in an atrocious area.
How are these people supposed to live?
It's a shame, it's absolutely shameful.
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A new gathering of residents will be held next Wednesday.
“We will go to the end, launches a local resident, until these people are taken care of.
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