The image is surreal.
A vehicle of Operation Vigipirate connects the "drifts" (Editor's note, controlled skids) and rear marches on a wasteland in Calais, a stone's throw from migrant tents, this Sunday morning.
On several occasions, the vehicle occupied by armed soldiers "sailed" through puddles and mud.
According to the testimony of journalist Louis Witter, on the spot, the vehicle ended its course mired in the mud of the camp.
The soldiers obviously very annoyed then got out of the vehicle while waiting for a breakdown service.
Before calling an army truck for help, they asked the few onlookers present: “You don't have shovels?
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Inadmissible scene.
A command investigation is triggered immediately.
- Army (@armeedeterre) December 19, 2021
Migrants even came to try to help the soldiers trapped in this muddy terrain according to the journalist on the spot. If the video is circulating a lot on social networks, due to the laughable nature of the situation, it did not make the Army Command laugh at all. “Unacceptable scene. A command investigation is triggered immediately ”, reacted the official account of the Army on the social network Twitter. Contacted, the military authorities have for the moment not wished to respond for the moment.
It is close to 2 p.m. in Calais and the vigipirate vehicle is still in bad shape.
The straps to release it from the mud have already broken three times.
Exiles help them to free the vehicle.
Further, the CRS watch, without coming to spin a hand.
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- Louis Witter (@LouisWitter) December 19, 2021
In the meantime, the soldiers involved in this scene had all the trouble in the world to get out of the mud in which they themselves were entangled.
Tensions between bogged down soldiers and the police present but impassive would have even arisen.
After several unsuccessful attempts even with a truck, the soldiers eventually pulled their vehicle out of the quagmire.
On the other hand, not sure that the latter immediately got out of the business with their hierarchy.
Because the incident, if it can give rise to laughter, is especially task in the tense context between France and Great Britain, in this symbolic place that is Calais.