Mayalene Tremolet // Photo credit: Thomas SAMSON / POOL / AFP 09:34 a.m., October 27, 2023

Four months after the riots that shook France, following the death of young Nahel during a traffic stop, Élisabeth Borne presented her measures to guarantee security and strengthen cohesion in the country. In front of the mayors, the Prime Minister also announced a new envelope to rebuild the destroyed buildings.

The military to supervise young delinquents, community service against so-called failing parents... These are the measures that Élisabeth Borne will submit to Parliament to guarantee security and strengthen national cohesion.

Four months after the riots that shook the country, triggered by the death of 17-year-old Nahel after refusing to comply with a traffic stop in Nanterre, the Prime Minister is playing the iron fist card in a velvet glove by showing her firmness in front of the mayors gathered at the Sorbonne. In particular, it promises them 100 million euros to rebuild the destroyed buildings.

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"There has been no general criminal response"

But at the exit of the Sorbonne amphitheatre, there is no excitement. The government's measures did not convince Marie Carole Ciuntu, mayor of Les Républicains in Sucy-en-Brie. "Today's announcements hide the fact that, contrary to what the government claims, there has not been a general criminal response in all territories," she told Europe 1 radio.

For his part, the mayor of La Rochelle, Jean-François Fountaine, a centre-left party without a label, says he is still hungry for the moment. "I'm in the middle," he admits. "What I'm waiting for is everything related to prevention, that is to say, to support the life of the neighborhoods so that the young people in our neighborhoods feel fully citizens," adds the elected official.

The social aspect eagerly awaited

On the left, one announcement stands out above all: the possibility for the municipal police to carry out certain tasks of the judicial police, as explained by Damien Allouch, PS mayor of Épinay-sous-Sénart, in Essonne. "I remember several things, in particular the question of the place of the municipal police and I am waiting to see how many of my colleagues will agree to continue to pay the municipal police, even though they will be less and less under our orders," the Socialist said.

Most of the elected representatives are now waiting for the presentation of the social component this Friday, on the occasion of the Interministerial Committee of Cities.