Throughout France, several incidents punctuated the May Day demonstrations, galvanized this year by opposition to pension reform.
Dozens of signs were vandalized in the capital, and a policeman was seriously burned after being hit by a molotov cocktail.
Leaving the Council of Ministers, this Wednesday, Olivier Véran attacked
"those who came to break and kill"
.
"You have to be reactive to the thugs who (...) like in Sainte-Soline, arrive 3 days before to prepare the ground"
, continued the government spokesperson.
Faced with
the “exceptional violence”
of the crowd movements, during which clashes broke out between police and demonstrators, Olivier Véran called for
“moderation”
.
However, he reiterated "
the need (...) to ensure security everywhere"
, by
"immobilizing"
the radical elements through
"checks"
and
“extractions of people known for acts of violence”
.
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For the first time, the Paris police headquarters had deployed drones above the Parisian procession to prevent the risk of public order disturbances.
Invited this Wednesday on RTL, Éric Dupont-Moretti affirmed his desire to go further.
The Keeper of the Seals thus said
he was "thinking"
about a new anti-breakers law, in collaboration with the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.
