The government also expressed their willingness to “cancel” social charges and tax for attacked shops. The French federation of insurers France Assureurs indicated that 5,800 incidents involving individuals and professionals were declared.
In an act before more than 300 mayors, the centrist president affirmed that it was “prudent” on the risk of a resurgence of violencealthough he considered that “the peak of the last few days is over.”
The event occurred in a context in which conflicts are apparently slowing down. Monday night there was 24 buildings affected and 159 cars set on fire. In addition, the police arrested 72 people.
Although the analysis of the facts and the answers are complex, Macron has already anticipated that he will present an urgent law to repair the damage. In any case, the postures in the French political arc on how to face this scenario of social crisis are very different.
the political class still disagree on the root of the outbreak of violenceas Macron confirmed during the meeting with the mayors.
The right and the extreme right ask strong hand against the perpetrators of the riots but from the left they emphasize the role of the police in the suburbs and the general situation in the poorest neighborhoods of France.
“The Republic does not have to apologize. He has already done a lot for these neighborhoods“said the right-wing mayor of Meaux (north-east of Paris), Jean-François Copé. His Nanterre counterpart, Patrick Jarry (left), considered that addressing the police mission was “inescapable.”
The first proposals evoked by Macron in a visits to the police on Monday are oriented towards the first option, mentioning the possibility of “financially sanctioning” the families of the young people who participate in the riots. His Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, reminded the prosecution of the “criminal liability” of those who do not exercise parental authority, which can carry penalties of up to two years in prison and a fine of 30,000 euros (32,700 dollars).
“If the solution to all social conflicts is a repressive state response to restore orderwith a high probability the violence will continue to increase,” sociologist Denis Merklen, a specialist in the protests in the suburbs, told AFP.
The inhabitants of neighborhoods where “the State is omnipresent” managing transport or social housing they feel “underestimated” and “if they don’t rebel, they attract very little attention from the press,” added Merklen of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University.
A case of easy trigger, the trigger for the protests in France
The riots broke out on the night of Tuesday June 27 after the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old boy who was shot at point-blank range by a policeman during a traffic control in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris. A video captured the moment and streets across the country erupted with protests.
The drama once again brought to the fore the recurrent debate on police violence in France.
From that moment on, there were fires in police stations, schools and town halls, as well as looting of shops and shots at the security forces.
The situation escalated over the weekend after a car hit the home of the mayor of Haÿ-les-Roses.
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FIRE. People look at a Tessi group building, burnt down during nightly clashes between protesters and police, in the Alma district of Roubaix, northern France.
In a week of riots, there were 3,486 people arrested and 808 members of the security forces were injured, according to the Ministry of the Interior. Besides, 5,892 vehicles were set on fire and 1,105 buildings and 269 police stations damagedindicated the same source.
From the extreme right they organized a collection for the responsible policeman
In response to protests against the police officer responsible for the easy trigger casea figure of the extreme right organized a fundraiser for him. At the moment, it has raised more than €1.5 million ($1.6 million).
The initiative was called “collection of shame” by representatives of the left and the family of the young man who was killed filed a complaint against him.
On the contrary, other groups organized a collection for the nahel’s mother, the 17-year-old who died. However, until this Tuesday, they only managed to gather €395,600 (about $430,700).
Source: Ambito
