Invited Tuesday from Europe 1, the president of the Hauts-de-France region Xavier Bertrand criticized Emmanuel Macron for not supporting the police enough.
And assured that if he was elected President of the Republic, he would propose an automatic prison sentence for anyone who attacked "a police officer, a gendarme, a firefighter, a mayor"
INTERVIEW
On the right, Emmanuel Macron's security offensive is not convincing. Very criticized by the opposition on his record in this area, the President of the Republic went to Montpellier on Monday to visit a police station, but also a difficult area of the city. The same day, in an interview with
Le Figaro
, he defended his security strategy, one year before the presidential election, promising in particular to keep his objective of 10,000 additional police officers by 2022. So many announcements that are far from impressing Xavier Bertrand. Invited Tuesday from Europe 1, the boss of the Hauts-de-France region, candidate for 2022, accuses the host of the Elysee of not supporting the police enough, and presents several measures that he would adopt if he was elected.
"We are one of the rare countries in the world where every day, there is an aggression against the State, a questioning of the police, and that there is no response", regrets Xavier Bertrand.
And the candidate for the next presidential election announces a concrete measure that he would put in place if he came to power.
"I will put in place a constitutional text, and I will ask the French to vote on it in the fall following the elections," he assures us.
And to specify: "We attack a police officer, a gendarme, a firefighter, a mayor, there will be an automatic prison sentence, minimum of one year not suitable for conversion".
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