After the knife attack which killed a teacher and injured two other people in a high school in Arras (northern France), political reactions were quick to flood in. Three years after the assassination of Samuel Paty, the emotion of the political class is rife. But for all that, there was no national unity around this tragedy.
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Report to the National Assembly by Charlotte Urien-Tomaka
“ I invite you, my dear colleagues, Minister, to observe a minute of silence “. Although there was a minute of silence in the National Assembly, politics quickly regained its rights. The President of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, called for the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. Jean-Philippe Tanguy, RN deputy, believes that there were flaws at the state level: “ There is obviously a bankruptcy. Mr. Darmanin has not been a minister since last week, he has been a minister for many years. He claims to be a tough minister, a minister who takes the necessary measures. He doesn’t take them. »
“ Unhealthy political recovery »
An attitude denounced by La France Insoumise (LFI), including Éric Coquerel: “ They are the only ones who pointed the finger at immigration and who essentialized, even before we had any proof, the act of the murderer. Blaming immigration for the act of this student is, what I call, unhealthy political exploitation. They’re the only ones who did it. »
Eric Ciotti, president of the Republicans, asked in a tweet “ to immediately activate the state of emergency “. Emmanuel Macron’s request for national unity during his speech remained a dead letter, as after the attack against Samuel Paty.
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