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French Minister of the Interior Gérard Collomb, on September 12, 2018 in the National Assembly. REUTERS / Gonzalo Fuentes

In France, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb has launched this September 18 plan for reconquest Republican 30 sensitive neighborhoods in France. Among the announced measures: more police and more proximity with the inhabitants. The minister went to Corbeil-Essonne, south of Paris, to launch this plan of reconquest. On the spot, the population struggles to grasp the interest of such a device.

The city of Tarterêts Corbeil-Essonne is part of the 30 districts of " reconquest Republican " of France which is according to the Minister of the Interior, Gerard Collomb, to " hoist again in each street, on each slab, at the bottom of each building, the flag of the Republic ".

💬 We said it. ✅ We do it.
15 first districts of # Reconquest Republican and 300 additional police officers from 2018 to:
📍 a reinforced presence in the field
⛔️ increased action against trafficking
🤝 a new relationship with the population pic.twitter.com/3LqCjvQpS6

Gérard Collomb (@gerardcollomb) September 18, 2018

This Republican reconquest also passes by more means and more ground. The city of Tarterêts, which has 12,000 inhabitants, will benefit from 30 additional police officers who will be fully mobilized. A breath of fresh air, according to the mayor Republicans (LR) Jean-Pierre Bechter. " People need more police and more security ," he says. The whole of France needs it .

Fix the real problems

This is not the opinion of the inhabitants, kept at a safe distance from the Minister of the Interior by security barriers. For Angeline, it would be better to allocate funds to education than to add police officers. " Very clearly, it will not change our lives ," she says. Children are out of school very early and end up doing drug trafficking. I do not think the police can do anything . "

" The police will empty the sea even more with a spoon until the real problems are resolved, " says another resident. In the city of Tarterêts, the "Republican reconquest" will have to prove itself.