The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, and the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, went to Beauvais, in the Oise on Friday, after the city was disrupted by urban violence.

They met members of the police and assured that "Republican law will always have the last word".

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"So, tell me a little about what happened, we saw some edifying images ..." Friday, in Beauvais, in the Oise, Jean Castex was at the bedside of the police.

The Prime Minister, accompanied by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, greeted two of the three police officers injured on Sunday during urban violence.

Agents who remember "mortar fire" and a "very violent" event, involving "very determined people who did not hesitate to throw stones and pétanque balls".

A few days later, how are they?

"It's okay", answers one of them to Jean Castex.

“More motivated,” he blurted out.

"Nothing will go unpunished"

This improvised visit obviously aims to show that the government keeps security at the heart of its concerns.

Accompanied by the mayor of Beauvais, Caroline Cayeux, Jean Castex and Gérald Darmanin visited the town police station, then the departmental CCTV supervision center.

"Nothing will go unpunished" and "the republican law will always have the last word", assured the Prime Minister.

"I am not a repression fanatic for the sake of repression. I want there to be a fair sentence, and a full sentence."

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Caught up in the subject of the crisis

During a round table which was part of the "Beauvau de la sécurité", the two members of the executive defended the use of drones by the police and the gendarmerie, a controversial proposal contained in the bill Global security.

And recalled that the national strength of the security forces were to be increased by 10,000 over the five-year term.

In Beauvais precisely, ten additional police officers were deployed.

But Jean Castex and Gérald Darmanin did not fail to be caught up, during this visit, by the subject of the crisis.

Both were arrested by a resident who said she did not benefit from state aid.

"It's not that we don't earn money, it's that we lose 10,000 euros every month," she explained.

"For us, it's terrible. Fortunately we had good cash flow. Without PGE [loan guaranteed by the State, note] and without fixed costs covered, how do we do?"