Éric Dupond-Moretti wants to “eradicate” the thugs, but underlines the danger of “circumstantial laws”
The violence committed on the sidelines of the latest demonstrations has reignited the debate on…
Éric Dupond-Moretti wants to “eradicate” the thugs, but underlines the danger of “circumstantial laws”
The violence committed on the sidelines of the latest demonstrations has reignited the debate on the need for a new anti-thug law.
Faced with black blocks, is it enough to p*** a new law? Invited to speak on BFMTV Thursday eveningfollowing the renewed violence on the sidelines of the last processions opponents of the pension reform, the Minister of Justice bluntly denounced the “terrifying pictures” of policeman in flames, hit by the molotov ****tail of a thug. But Éric Dupond-Moretti remains skeptical about a possible new anti-thug law, which would be debated and voted on “under the influence of emotion“.
Within the majority, several voices are calling for a new text. For his part, the Keeper of the Seals affirms that before “p*** immediately by law“, the priority of the government is to make “the inventory of our complete legal arsenal» and to evaluate what «can be improvedwithout recourse to a new law. Éric Dupond-Moretti also emphasizes the need to maintain a balance between “efficiency” And “public freedoms“, recalling that the Constitutional Council had partially censored a new anti-thug law in 2019.
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Finally, the Keeper of the Seals finds “staggering” that “32% of people condone violence» committed on the sidelines of processions, according to a recent Elabe survey for BFM TV. “Violence of which they are undoubtedly the witnesses through the intermediary of the television screen, but of which they are not the direct victims, he pointed outif they saw their windows, their cars, their children and themselves ransacked, not sure that they would endorse the violence.
