Paris (AFP)
Political leaders of both left and right said Thursday their "emotion" the day after the death of a police officer killed in intervention in Avignon, LR and RN accusing the government of not doing enough against trafficking and violence.
The general delegate of LREM Stanislas Guerini, for his part, wanted "everything" to be implemented "so that this heinous crime does not go unpunished".
"One more. In broad daylight. Without a start, without criminal rearmament," peaceful life "(expression of Emmanuel Macron, editor's note) will be only a vain slogan," tweeted the boss of LR deputies Damien Abad.
"The absolute priority must be to carry out a penal revolution to restore the authority of the State and to reduce this savagery", added that of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau, while the deputy LR Eric Ciotti accused the government of " look elsewhere "while" France is sinking more and more into chaos every day.
The president (ex-LR) of the Hauts-de-France region and presidential candidate Xavier Bertrand demanded that "the criminal (be) punished with the greatest severity".
"Killed while he was carrying out his mission and protecting us. Until when was this unbearable inversion of values?" Asked Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
On the far right, the president of the National Rally Marine Le Pen said she was "angry", "it is urgent for the state to protect" the police, she urged in a tweet.
For RN Jordan Bardella number two, this murder reveals "another form of separatism: that of lawless areas, where Justice is no longer scary. If we do not radically change our penal policy, we will remain condemned to suffer . "
"Against the thugs: the war must be total", launched the president of Debout la France Nicolas Dupont Aignan.
On the left, the leader of La France insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon said that "the murder of an unfortunate policeman once again provokes (his) questioning by far-right policemen. A man is killed because of drug trafficking. Honor the victim. War on the traffickers. No political recovery, "he tweeted.
The number two of LFI Adrien Quatennens called on Sud Radio to "change method" in the fight against trafficking and to open the debate on the legalization of cannabis ", because" all repressive does not work ".
"Unbearable," tweeted MP and PS spokesperson Boris Vallaud.
"Sadness and anger" for the head of the PS deputies Valérie Rabault.
"He died in the accomplishment of his mission of protecting our fellow citizens", tweeted the mayor (PS) of Paris Anne Hidalgo.
Among environmentalists, the mayor of Grenoble Eric Piolle said his "fraternal thoughts" to the "team members" of the police officer, "mobilized every day for our safety in often difficult conditions".
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