The death of Nahel, Tuesday June 27, creates a climate of tension and violence in several Parisian suburbs. Benoît Jimenez, the mayor of Garges-lès-Gonesse, calls for the establishment of “a curfew, at least in Île-de-France”.
What measures will be put in place to contain the movements of violence and the outbursts which began the night of Tuesday to Wednesday and intensified during the night of Wednesday to Thursday? While Emmanuel Macron held an interministerial crisis meeting this morning to take stock of the system to be deployed, certain proposals from political leaders were heard this Thursday, June 29.
The mayor of Garges-lès-Gonesse Benoît Jimenez asked the Prime Minister to set up “a curfew, at least in Île-de-France”, as he told France Inter. According to the city councilor, whose city has been marked by numerous incidents and fires, a curfew can be part of “the solutions that could appease everyone a little”. “It would be necessary to do the maximum so that the return to calm can take place as quickly as possible,” he added.
The boss of LR and deputy of the Alpes Maritimes Eric Ciotti for his part asked the government “the immediate triggering of the state of emergency wherever incidents have broken out”. Matignon made it known that this option was not on the agenda, which also tends to rule out any recourse to a curfew.
Emmanuel Macron, for his part, called for calm, regretting that “the last hours have been marked (…) by scenes of unjustifiable violence”. “The next few hours must lead to meditation and respect,” he added this morning in an intervention from the Ministry of the Interior.