More used to courtrooms than to the political arena, Eric Dupond-Moretti submitted to the traffic light of questions from deputies of the Law Commission, Monday, in the National Assembly. The parliamentarians questioned him on the major projects of his ministry and the lawyer was less thunderous than at the hearing. Sometimes a little lost in the small files written by his cabinet, the Keeper of the Seals even frankly admitted that he had not been able to prepare everything, having "a lot of work" and upgrades to do on the various subjects.
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Neither "magic wand" nor "baton"
The new Minister of Justice however seemed already well on the line "and at the same time" erected in leitmotif by Emmanuel Macron since the beginning of the quinquennium. "I will not be the Keeper of the Seals of laxity. But I will not be the Keeper of the Seals at all repressive," he said. "I don't have a magic wand but I don't want a baton either. And if repression was the solution, we would have known for centuries."
Denouncing a bad trial on his supposed anti-feminism, Eric Dupond-Moretti spoke of future proximity units in hospitals to care for women victims of violence. He also intends to attack the juvenile justice to do something "that has mouth" or a reform of article 65 of the Constitution to change the method of appointment of prosecutors. But this will require a referendum or a vote of the Parliament assembled in Congress.