This unrest Some of Thursday’s demonstrations were corrupt inside France against pension reform gave birth 457 arrests carried out by law enforcement agencies, including 441 officers injured. The numbers were released this Friday. Interior Minister Gerald DarmaninIn an interview with CNews, he blamed the far left for the violence outside. marches organized by trade unions against government reform.
“The far left wants to attack the Republic and a message of condemnation must be given.” He insisted on defending the action of the 12,000 police and gendarmes mobilized yesterday by unions to “protect the protesters” in more than 300 marches across the country.
According to his own figures, there were about a million protesters (3.5 million according to one of the collection centers). However, he noted that “this important mobilization goes hand in hand with the radicalization of a small segment, particularly the “extreme left”. Parisbut also in other cities where there are serious disputes, As in Rennes, Nantes, Lorient or Bordeaux.
He said he was in Paris, in Paris”1,500 vandals” who stepped in front of the union regiment and attacked the agents With Molotov cocktails, with cobblestones, with bars. Ministry of Interior recorded 903 street furniture and container fires in some districts of parisAs in other cities, it has been accumulating due to the garbage collection strike for more than two weeks.
Darmanin said of the President: Emmanuel Macron (Who is attending the summit? European Union inside Brussels)And Prime Minister Elisabeth BorneThey are concerned “above all for protesters who can demonstrate in good conditions” but also “the radicalization of a small group”. Asked whether the pension reform law should be abandoned in the current situation, he replied, “I don’t think this text should be withdrawn because of violence. Otherwise, there is no Republic.”
In addition, he justified the implementation of this reform, despite its huge popularity. delaying the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64: “It’s not popular, but you have to be brave.” “The unpopularity (…) resulting from pension reform shows that politicians are there, not just for the next election, but for the next generation.”