The verdict of the attacks of November 13, 2015 will be delivered this Wednesday. The trial of the fall 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis has come to an end after 148 days of hearings.
Dignity, pain and strength: three words that come back to commentators this morning.
First of all, notice The Parisian“ at a time when we want to see setbacks in our system everywhere, we must emphasize its noblest expression. Beyond trauma and fear, the victims testified with dignity, the lawyers defended the witnesses, whether they were senior internal and external intelligence officials or President of the Republic, like François Hollande, admitted their mistakes, even their failures. The judges sought a truth of these events, and even the part of humanity of the defendants, in spite of their silences and their contradictions. »
To forget ?
The pain, underlines for its part Release : “ these tears, this suffering – physical or mental –, this horror, these absences, this fear, these wounds, these deaths which during the first weeks of the trial, reserved for the civil parties, gripped the courtroom. Sometimes to fright. (…) Only the victims have the right to turn the page, to try to turn the page, to forget, to try to forget. Each one manages as she can. This may be what this trial will have allowed. »
And Release continue : ” then strength. The one that this trial gives to our democracy. It is in these times, here in France, elsewhere in Europe, across the Atlantic too, sufficiently criticized, because sometimes criticizable, threatened, weakened, threatened, to rejoice that this trial was worthy. (…) A dignity that will have allowed this extraordinary trial not only to stand, but to be up to the challenge. The challenge, of course, of pronouncing sentences. But also to widen this gap which separates, to show these differences which distinguish the obscurantism of the Islamist fanatics who committed or sponsored these attacks, from humanity, sometimes trembling, from our democracy. »
Not all the answers…
Finally, wonder The cross, “ what have we learned? On the merits of the case, there was “no Copernican revolution”, observes Me Jean Reinhart, who defends civil parties. The investigation, carried out over four years, had been particularly hailed, recalls the newspaper. In September 2021, the main lines were already known. The words of the defendants were however eagerly awaited, in particular those of certain Daesh executives, sent from Syria with the mission of committing attacks in Europe. No doubt they would have had a thousand things to say about certain secrets of this terrorist organization and the way it chose to orchestrate the attacks that hit France on November 13, 2015. But, point The cross, these terrorists, with proven radicalization, have chosen to remain silent. Much to the dismay of the prosecution. “Most of the defendants know. They know everything. But they have never spoken and they will probably never provide answers,” lamented the general counsel Camille Hennetier during the indictment. »
Covid: the backlash…
Also on the front page, the Covid-19… The virus strikes back…
“ Public Health France reported yesterday a very strong rebound in new cases, point The world. 147 248 new infections, 54% more than a week ago. »
So, “ the mask back soon? », wonders The Midi Dispatch. The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, asked the prefects and the health authorities to encourage, without making it compulsory, the wearing of a mask in crowded places and closed spaces, in particular, public transport.
” The scenario seemed written in advance, sigh The Dispatch. The French, all to their joy of throwing their sanitary passes and their masks in the fire, have forgotten responsible behavior. However, we are not the only culprits.points out the Toulouse daily again: obsessed with his re-election at the end of winter, Emmanuel Macron undoubtedly relaxed the health constraints too soon by electoral calculation. »
In fact, notice Free Charente“ the Covid is coming back, accelerating, but it is experienced by almost all of society as a banal epidemic that no longer deserves restrictions but only recommendations. Have we gone from one excess to another, from hygienism to laxity? Politicians, like individuals, are not ready for a step back. But above all, the level of acceptability of a society, preoccupied with many other subjects, makes any alarm signal inaudible. »