Crisis in Guadeloupe: "the State has lost a battle it has not fought"

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Paris authorities sent elite police and counter-terrorism officers to Guadeloupe in a bid to quell the violence Carla BERNHARDT AFP

By: Gaëtan Plenet

Guadeloupe, hit hard by the Covid-19 epidemic this summer, has been shaken for a week by a movement originating from the challenge of the vaccination obligation of caregivers, which degenerated into a social crisis punctuated by numerous violence.

Interview with the socialist senator from Guadeloupe, Victorin Lurel.

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In several municipalities, food stores were looted, but also pharmacies.

Reinforcements of police and gendarmes have also been sent from mainland.

The head of state described the situation on Monday as " 

 " and warned against attempts at political instrumentalisation. 

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