Will the government take the decision to declare a state of emergency after the serious incidents that occurred in Paris on the sidelines of the Yellow Vests demonstration. On BFM TV, the interior minister said he had "no taboo" and was ready to explore all possibilities.
"I have no taboo, I'm ready to watch everything," said Christophe Castaner on BFMTV Saturday evening, a few hours after the serious riots that occurred during protests Vests yellow. But will the government go so far as to declare a state of emergency, this very special situation, a "state of emergency" which allows the authorities (the Ministry of the Interior, the prefect) to take measures restricting freedoms? Created in 1955 to face the events related to the war of Algeria, the state of emergency foresees a whole list of measures including the prohibition of the circulation, the closing of certain places, the prohibition of demonstrations or the searches in the most severe situations.
It was applied three times during the Algerian war, then to three repreises overseas in the 80s, in 2005 during the riots in the suburbs and during the risks of attacks in 2015 and 2017.