While the memory of the attacks of November 13, 2015 comes back in all memories, at the time of the opening of the trial this Wednesday, it is on the near future that Gérald Darmanin has focused.
"The terrorist threat in France is particularly high", indicated the Minister of the Interior, invited by France Inter this Wednesday morning, "in Paris, as everywhere on the territory".
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"When there are special moments, such as religious holidays or terrorist attacks (...) the threat is even higher," he detailed, revealing that he "brought together the prefects" to detail the security measures to be taken. to take.
Gérald Darmanin notably made it known that a thousand police officers were mobilized around the trial which is to last nine months.
36 thwarted attacks
If national events represent a risk, the Minister of the Interior wanted to reassure him on the takeover of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
"The Taliban is a radical Islamist movement, but it is also a nationalist movement which is at war with other nationalist movements", began Gerald Darmanin first.
"We have never had, for 10 years, the departure of French people or those who were in France for Afghanistan, unlike Syria," he continued.
. @ GDarmanin: "36 attacks have been foiled" since the start of Emmanuel Macron's mandate.
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"In the globalization of radicalization through the media, social networks, there may be people who find there the opportunity to wake up in their radicalism", however acknowledged the minister.
Since Emmanuel Macron came to power, 14 attacks have taken place in the territory, and "36 have been foiled by the intelligence services", said Gérald Darmanin, "which is both a record" but also “A failure (…) as long as there is still an attack that we will not manage to thwart”.
Since the start of the year alone, five have been avoided.
