With less than 200 days to go before the Olympic Games, Gérald Darmanin will have to redouble his diplomacy to try to defuse the social bomb that is brewing within his ministry. The Minister of the Interior repeats it like a mantra: security is the main key to the success of this global event and nothing can be done without the maximum mobilization of the forces of order. However, the police cringe at the idea of being deprived of leave in the middle of the summer since the first cop of France announced a "100% mobilization".
The discontent is such that a "black day" of protests, announced for the end of 2023, will take place this Thursday with various rallies across the country, including one in the center of Paris. At Place Beauvau, where we know nothing about the fire that has been smouldering for weeks, a consultation meeting was to be organised as soon as the winter holidays returned. But the reshuffle disrupted the agenda. So it wasn't until Tuesday that the minister - before taking this Wednesday...
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