Gérald Darmanin requested an administrative report on Tuesday the day after the broadcast on X of a video in which the president of the National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, received a medal from the hands of the commander of a CRS company, the AFP to the Ministry of the Interior.
The minister
“strictly reminded the prefects of the rules that apply to all parliamentarians: parliamentarians can visit places of deprivation of liberty as the law authorizes, but without press and without communication.
This was not the case here
,” his entourage told AFP.
“There was clearly an error of assessment when accepting this visit”
by the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Hugues Moutouh.
“This is why a report was requested
,” the same source added, confirming information from RMC.
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"An honor"
Jordan Bardella, head of the RN list for the European elections, visited the CRS-6 police officers on Monday at their place of confinement in Saint-Laurent-du-Var - which is not a place of deprivation of liberty - , as part of a campaign trip on the theme of immigration.
The latter was accompanied by his new recruit, the former boss of Frontex and senior civil servant Fabrice Leggeri.
In the video, shared on his
“It’s an honor
,” Jordan Bardella thanks him, adding
“collect”
all the
“police service”
medals .
“A medal, which tells the story of the company, offered to passing personalities. Nothing more, nothing less. The left-wing hysterics who are hysterical about this affair obviously have a problem with the police
,” Bryan Masson commented on Tuesday on X.