Bastia
Release of political prisoners, violence in the street in connection with the death of Yvan Colonna, "political" appointment to the Bastia Court of Appeal of a former justice adviser to Emmanuel Macron, organized crime... So many subjects on which Éric Dupond-Moretti, the Minister of Justice visiting the island on Thursday and Friday, kicked into touch.
For his first visit to Corsica under his ministerial cap, the former lawyer took refuge behind a well-rehearsed argument to circumvent sensitive issues.
He arrived the day after clashes between independence activists and the police in front of the Haute-Corse prefecture, in Bastia, six months to the day after the death of Yvan Colonna.
A subject on which the minister did not react.
Not a word either about the assassination, the day before his arrival, of a man stuck in organized crime.
A “totally incomprehensible” visit
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