Discussions between Interior Minister Christophe Castaner and the police unions who demand better living and working conditions in the wake of the mobilization of "yellow vests" were suspended Tuesday night and resume Wednesday. The first two unions of the national police, Alliance and Unité-SGP-FO, also call all police in France to "maintain the pressure" on Wednesday by only going out to respond to emergencies. "There is no break, there is continuing interruptions because the minister must ask for arbitration on our proposals," said Jean-Claude Delage, Secretary General of the union Alliance, after three hours meeting place Beauvau.
Continuation of the movement Wednesday. Launched Monday by Alliance, joined by Unity, the motto "close the police stations" is maintained for Wednesday, said Jean-Claude Delage. He has since been joined by Unity. "We call on all police, members, sympathizers and non-union members to join the movement initiated by Alliance tomorrow morning (Wednesday)." The pressure must be maintained, "said Yves Lefebvre, Secretary General of Unity. "There is nothing concrete for the moment, there is a minister who has listened tonight and has committed to arbitration at night," he added. The Unsa-Police also maintains its movement "minimum service - 100% prevention" started on Tuesday.
The construction of overtime. Faced with his first internal crisis in this ministry, Christophe Castaner had said earlier in the day want to open the site of overtime in the police, which represent a debt of some 275 million euros. The government, through an amendment to the draft budget 2019, also provides an exceptional bonus of 300 euros for the 111,000 police and gendarmes mobilized during the crisis of "yellow vests" that lasted more than a month. The principle of this bonus had been announced by the Head of State on 3 December. Police unions are calling for "social progress" and a "return on investment" to reward their mobilization during protests in recent weeks.