A day under tension. While Emmanuel Macron was booed Sunday during the parade of July 14, dozens of people, including "yellow vests", managed to invest the Champs-Elysees after the festivities in a tense face-to-face with law enforcement. "I find it really heartbreaking," responded to Europe 1 Secretary of State to the Minister of Armies, Genevieve Darrieussecq.
July 14 must "be a national concord," said the minister, who "deeply regrets" the unrest that occurred on Sunday. "It's the party of all the French," she adds, assuring that the French are "very attached to these festive moments of reunion, to their morning military parade". "That some individuals come to disturb violently, and it seems premeditated, these moments, I find it really heartbreaking," said Genevieve Darrieussecq.
"We can not hold rigor, neither to the government, nor to the mayor of Paris"
But the secretary of state refuses to incriminate the organization of the event. The parade requires "a very heavy installation," she says. "The participants of July 14 departed around 12: 30-13: 00, and it would be necessary to set up 'armies' of technicians to get out the barriers and put them away."
"No doubt that this was not done quickly enough, but we can not hold rigor, neither the government, nor the mayor of Paris," concludes Genevieve Darrieussecq.