Visiting a fire station on Saturday evening, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe condemned the "incredibly shocking" violence that took place during the mobilization of yellow vests.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, visiting a police barracks on Saturday evening, condemned the "incredibly shocking" violence that took place during the mobilization of "yellow vests" in Paris, thanking the police.
"The images we've seen are incredibly shocking. And these images are nothing compared to what you have experienced. They do not recount the pressure you have experienced. And you have not let go, so I want to thank you very sincerely, " said the head of government to police at the Barracks Bessières (Paris XVII) in a video broadcast by Matignon.
"Those who were in front of you had prepared, equipped, organized to go to confrontation in the most difficult and harsh conditions," he said, referring to the 287 arrests that are "almost a record " . The Prime Minister was accompanied by Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner and Secretary of State Laurent Nunez.
"Hat"
"We came (...) to say thank you. It's short to say, but it's important to say it. And it will never be as clear as what we really think about what you did today, " he told the police. "Hat," he told them.
Vehicles and restaurants burned, stores ransacked and looted, police and relief taken together: from the Opera district to the prestigious Avenue Foch via the Rue de Rivoli, urban guerrilla scenes were repeated in several upscale neighborhoods of the capital, eclipsing the message carried elsewhere in France by tens of thousands of "yellow vests" .
The violence has left one hundred wounded, including 14 among the police.