During a surprise visit Monday evening to the Parisian police, Emmanuel Macron announced the payment of a "specific allowance" for the police working at night, for a total amount of 10 million euros, announced the ministry of the Interior. This is one of the demands expressed by the police unions during their meeting with the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin on July 20.
Macron accompanied by Darmanin, Schiappa and Lallement
This announcement was made by the President of the Republic during a trip of nearly two hours in the 17th and 18th arrondissements, where he met units of the night anti-crime brigade (Bac) and Police-Rescue. He was in the company of Gérald Darmanin, Deputy Minister Marlène Schiappa and Police Prefect Didier Lallement, said the Elysee. The Head of State got into a car from the Bac Nuit Paris Nord, based in the 17th arrondissement, then went to the 18th arrondissement police station where he met Police-Rescue officers.
Emmanuel Macron wanted by this visit to thank and support the agents for their commitment on the ground but also to remind them of their "duty of requirement", specified the Elysee. He also wanted to focus on everyday policing. The compensation he announced "aims in particular to support greater arduousness related to night work and the transition to work cycles increasing the presence of police on the ground," said the Ministry of the Interior. "The cost of this compensation, of 10 million euros, will be provided for in the finance bill for 2021", adds the ministry.
Several violent miscellaneous facts
During their meeting with Gérald Darmanin, the unions emphasized the lack of resources, estimating that the envelope of 75 million euros of additional credits to renew and green the fleet of vehicles of the police and the gendarmerie obtained in the 2020 draft budget was not sufficient. Emmanuel Macron's gesture for the police extends his government's declarations against insecurity, following several violent incidents, including the violent assault of a bus driver, shooting at a firefighter and clashes between Chechens and inhabitants of districts in Dijon.
Its Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday announced several initiatives against insecurity and the upcoming experimentation in Nice of the extension of the powers of the municipal police. "We are witnessing a crisis of authority. We must stop the enslavement of a certain part of society. We must reaffirm the authority of the State, and not let anything go," Gérald Darmanin also insisted in an interview with Figaro at the end of last week, controversial remarks