Prime Minister Jean Castex.

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Reacting to a request for "experiments" in certain neighborhoods issued by the Defender of Rights, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, promised "solemnly before the Senate and the country", this Wednesday, that there "will not be of areas without identity checks ”.

"With all due respect to this institution", the Defender of Rights is "an independent authority" but "it happens that the government of the Republic is also independent of the Defender of Rights", replied Jean Castex during questions to the government in the Senate.

Controls "which can become unbearable for some young people"

"I solemnly say before the Senate and the country that there are not and that there will be no zones without identity checks, in application of the laws of the Republic", he added. in a short response to Senator from the North, Dany Wattebled (Independents).

During the report of the Council of Ministers at midday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal had already indicated that the “proposal” of the Defender of Rights would not be “followed” by the executive.

Last Friday, Claire Hédon recalled that her body, which observes in particular the respect for the ethics of the security forces, had long requested that "experiments" be carried out in certain neighborhoods, such as the end of identity checks, "which can become unbearable for some young people ”.

"All the police are at home in the Republic"

This statement prompted a reaction from several right-wing politicians and police unions such as Alliance, which accused it of wanting to create “lawless zones”.

But also, in hollow, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin who declared Monday in Poissy (Yvelines) that "all the police officers are everywhere at home in the Republic".

"I never wanted to end the identity checks" or question the presence of the police in sensitive areas, defended Claire Hédon Tuesday on Europe 1.

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