Security in France: a system running out of steam?
French national police armband (photo illustration).
Christophe Simon / AFP
By: Romain Auzouy
1 min
While the subject monopolized attention this summer, security was on the agenda of a government back-to-school seminar this Wednesday, September 9 at the Elysee Palace.
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The executive intends to toughen up the tone.
The Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin denounced this summer "
the enslavement of a part of society
".
He promises to publish a monthly report on the activity of the police and gendarmes.
Can the number policy be effective?
Do the police have the means to fight against insecurity in France or should the system be completely rethought?
Our guests:
- Valentin Gendrot,
journalist and author of
Flic,
published by la Goutte d'or
- Mathieu Zagrodzki,
sociologist specializing in the police, researcher associated with CESDIP, co-author of
Vis ma vie de copic
published by Hugo.
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