Borne castigates Mélenchon's "outrageous" remarks about the police, Mélenchon defends himself

Europe 1 with AFP 5:53 p.m., June 07, 2022

Elisabeth Borne judged on Tuesday "very shocking" the "outrageous" remarks of Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the police who "kill", after the death of a young woman on Saturday in Paris, the rebellious tribune replying by denouncing a "Prime Minister without heart".

"I find it very shocking the way Jean-Luc Mélenchon systematically attacks the police with totally outrageous remarks," said the Prime Minister on

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"The police carry out a difficult mission in the service of the French".

"After what happened this weekend, with a death, it's obviously tragic," said Elisabeth Borne.

Mélenchon criticizes a "heartless Prime Minister"

"Justice is seized and it is justice that will say what happened. A judicial inquiry is underway, there is also an investigation by the IGPN, we cannot have, like Mélenchon, a presumption of guilt vis-à-vis the police", she assured

"4 dead in 4 months. The death of a 21-year-old young woman shot in the head: no big deal for Borne", Jean-Luc Mélenchon was indignant on Tuesday afternoon on twitter. 

4 deaths in 4 months.

The death of a 21-year-old woman shot in the head: no big deal for #Borne.

For her, only I am a problem.

Borne, technocrat Prime Minister without heart, without human compassion, without republican principle on public force.

https://t.co/bNpzYMmApq

— Jean-Luc Melenchon (@JLMelenchon) June 7, 2022

"For her, I alone am a problem. Borne, technocratic Prime Minister without heart, without human compassion, without republican principle on the public force", he still lamented.