Defensive position. The victory of Paris-Saint-Germain in the Champions League caused scenes of jubilation and excesses which left several hundred injured – most of them minor. Criticized by the right, the extreme right and part of the left, for a supposed lack of preparation, the government brushed aside these criticisms by placing the blame elsewhere.
This Monday, June 1, Laurent Nunez reported a new report of 178 injured in the police and more than 890 arrests. “We knew that these celebrations would be overflowing. (…) We had a large device, exceptional in terms of the volume of civil servants and soldiers from the gendarmerie mobilized. There were extremely firm instructions for intervention, this is what was done systematically to put an end to it.” to excesses, defended the Minister of the Interior on France Inter.
“My job is to put an end to these abuses. This is what was done by the internal security forces. And if there are so many arrests, it is because this work was obviously well done.”he insisted, vigorously refusing to be in “ le déni ”. “The question of why these young people come to break and others has roots elsewhere and solutions elsewhere.” can only be found with his ministry, he added.
Right and extreme right denounce “a ritual» violence
From Saturday evening, the security system and Laurent Nuñez were criticized from all sides. “From the moment there are these excesses, we cannot be satisfied with the management of yesterday evening as it was organized by the governmentâ€declared LFI spokesperson Manuel Bompard on France 3. Pleading for fan zones, he felt that we “should try to organize this party, to supervise it, to offer it places so that it can express itself, to avoid precisely this type of excessesâ€. The vice-president (FI) of the Assembly Clémence Guetté accused the police of having “in charge of people who did not commit any excesses†calling for a review of French “doctrine”.
On the opposite side of the political spectrum, the far right and part of the right have denounced “A ritual that repeats itself and worsens” according to LR boss Bruno Retailleau. “It is only in France where everyone feels obliged to lock themselves in their homes on a victory evening to avoid being confronted with violence.”» added Marine Le Pen, while recognizing a “an extraordinary security device.HAS”. His foal Jordan Bardella called this Monday on RMC the state “regain control over its security policy, its criminal policy and above all, its migration policy, because there is obviously a link,” faithful to his anti-immigration rhetoric.
« Responsabilité collective ”, they would saypolicy » that «Âparental »
Without repeating the comments of the extreme right, Maud Bregeon also felt that there was “Un problème de violences endémiques”. Le dispositif de sécurité déployé a été « absolutely colossal but insufficient and « ça doit question ourselves about the origin of this violence”. « We have an endemic problem in France of repeated violence, we have an education problem, we have a cultural problem. This goes beyond the sole question of the law enforcement system.”she added.
The government spokesperson pointed out a « responsabilité collective » Who “touches on politics” but also falls under “parental responsibility”. “We have a problem with the education of some of our children in France and we have a problem with the education of some of our sons.”she judged, while emphasizing that this “Does not exempt the state from putting in place sufficient measures.”
In this wake, the Minister of Sports also judged that the various installations mentioned to allow gatherings, such as fan zones, were not of a nature to “resolve absolutely all excesses”, thus sweeping aside the criticisms of the Mélenchonists. “There is a systematic way on the part of LFI to justify all types of violence (…) this says something about their relationship to the police institution, to the authority and to those whom they themselves describe as “the new France†”also replied Maud Bregeon.
A sign of the sensitivity of the subject, the President of the Republic also spoke quickly. By receiving the players at the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron judged « inqualifiables » the violence “In Paris and other cities.” “That’s not football, that’s not sport, that’s not what we like. So thank you to our police officers, to our gendarmes. We will be uncompromising with those who have been caught. We don’t want to see that anymore. Finished. We’re fed up”he declared. In defense, and in impotence?
