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The day after the broadcast of a video, in which the president of the RN Jordan Bardella receives a medal from the hands of the commander of a CRS company, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin requested an administrative report on Tuesday.

Gérald Darmanin requested an administrative report on Tuesday the day after the broadcast on X of a video in which the president of the RN Jordan Bardella receives a medal from the hands of the commander of a CRS company, we learned from the ministry inside. The minister "strictly reminded the prefects of the rules that apply to all parliamentarians: parliamentarians can visit places of deprivation of liberty as the law authorizes, but without press and without communication. This was not the case here", declared his entourage to AFP.

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“There was clearly an error of assessment when accepting this visit” by the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Hugues Moutouh. “This is why a report was requested,” the same source added, confirming information from RMC.

“It’s an honor,” says Jordan Bardella

Jordan Bardella, head of the National Rally (RN) list for the European elections, visited the CRS-6 police officers on Monday at their place of cantonment in Saint-Laurent-du-Var - which is not a place of deprivation of liberty -, as part of a campaign trip. In the video, shared on his X account by the RN deputy for Alpes-Maritimes Bryan Masson, the president of the RN receives the company medal from the hands of the commander of the CRS-6, Jean-Marc Mortes.

@J_Bardella received the CRS-6 medal from #SaintLaurentDuVar this morning from Commander Jean-Marc Cortes!



Long live the CRS6 and long live the #AlpesMaritimes! pic.twitter.com/tCZg7U06nN

— Bryan Masson (@MassonBryan) February 19, 2024

“It’s an honor,” thanks Jordan Bardella, adding “collect” all the medals “from the police services.” "A medal, which tells the history of the company, offered to passing personalities. Nothing more, nothing less. The left-wing hysterics who are hysterical about this affair obviously have a problem with the police", commented Bryan on Tuesday Masson on X.