This Friday, November 8, the Ministers of the Interior Bruno Retailleau and of Justice Didier Migaud are in Marseille to announce measures intended to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking, a growing scourge in France against which the executive is calling for a “ general mobilization “.
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How can we get a Minister of Justice from the Socialist Party and a Minister of the Interior from the hardest wing of the Republicans to work together? Michel Barnier believes he has found the martingale with the government plan to fight drug trafficking. Bruno Retailleau and Didier Migaud are “ perfectly aligned with the subject » swears an advisor to the Prime Minister who insists on the trans-partisan dimension of the plan. It is in fact on the basis of the bill co-signed by socialist senator Jérôme Durain and his counterpart LR Étienne Blanc that the government intends to move forward.
Reorganize
It will even be the “ legislative vehicle » of the government, we admit on the side of the Ministry of the Interior. On the program of this plan presented to Marseillea reorganization of the fight against drugs at police level, but also cross-functional work with other ministries, including the Budget. Beyond drug trafficking, the government wants to target all organized crime, money laundering, pimping, arms trafficking.
“ War » long and merciless
“ A general mobilization based on consensus » repeated Michel Barnier to Bruno Retailleau and Didier Migaud, asked to put aside their disagreements at the start of their mandate. The Prime Minister also wants the plan to include a component on security in small towns and villages where drug trafficking has spread in recent years. After several deadly shootings linked to drug trafficking, Bruno Retailleau had promised a “ war » long and merciless against this trafficking, writes AFP, whose turnover is estimated between 3.5 and six billion euros per year in France. For their part, Insoumis and socialists have put on the table a certain number of proposals to fight against organized crime and drug trafficking. drugincluding the legalization of cannabis, a “ health approach » and additional resources.
We have the impression that, when it comes to drug trafficking, we are almost always offered the same recipes…
Yann Bisiou, lecturer at Paul-Valéry University of Montpellier
Great international guestJérôme Durain (PS): “On the outskirts of drug trafficking, acts of barbarity are quite frequent”