The Prime Minister considers “intolerable” that the elected representative of Loire-Atlantique has been targeted by these attacks. “We are going to mobilize more to protect elected officials in the face of rising violence,” said the head of government.
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Elisabeth Borne told the Sunday newspaper that she would meet the mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (Loire-Atlantique) on Wednesday May 17. Yannick Morez (DVD) resigned from office after being targeted by arson and far-right threats. “I will meet the mayor of Saint-Brevin next Wednesday”said the Prime Minister, who had already proposed to the mayor to receive him, but without giving a date.
“If we have been insufficiently reactive, we will mobilize more to protect elected officials in the face of the increase in violence”assured Elisabeth Borne, while the mayor had deplored a “lack of state support” at the time of his resignation. Also on Wednesday, exactly one week after his resignation which had created an electric shock, Yannick Morez will be heard by the Senate Law Commission at 11:15 a.m.
“Strengthen the sanctions”
Judging “intolerable” that the mayor was targeted by these attacks, the head of government considered it necessary to act “upstream”. “This is the meaning of the proposals that the Minister in charge of Territorial Communities, Dominique Faure, will make next week” by launching the “Centre for the analysis and fight against attacks on elected officials”, she explained. This structure “will make it possible to better coordinate the response of all the actors concerned: police, justice, prefect. We will also strengthen the sanctions against those who attack elected officials”promised Ms. Borne.
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