Elisabeth Borne will present the measures “regaliennes” of the government in response to the urban riots of June, Thursday October 26, in the presence of many mayors gathered in the large amphitheater of the Sorbonne, in Paris. On this occasion, the Prime Minister will bring together the mayors of the municipalities most affected by the riots, whom Emmanuel Macron received at the Elysée at the beginning of July. The measures presented on Wednesday aim in particular, according to Matignon, to “guarantee the security of our fellow citizens, better support families and strengthen national cohesion”. Follow our live stream.
A week of violence. A week of particularly violent riots followed the death, on June 27, of Nahel, a young man killed during a police check in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). After these riots, shorter but having exceeded, in the extent of the damage, those of 2005, “we must work to recivilize”, had urged Emmanuel Macron in August. The head of state had previously mentioned a “process of decivilization”.
Nearly 2,000 convictions. The June rioters were mostly men, very young, with few qualifications, without ideological demands, according to an interministerial report consulted by AFP. The respondents in the sample studied are 79% French nationals and three-quarters born in France. As of August 1, 2,107 people had been tried and 1,989 sentenced, 90% of whom received a prison sentence, according to the Ministry of Justice.
A ministerial committee of cities organized on Friday. Postponed several times, the Interministerial Committee of Cities (CIV) will finally be held on Friday in Chanteloup-les-Vignes (Yvelines). This CIV must attempt to provide solutions to the recurring problems of priority neighborhoods, both in terms of employment, housing, education and discrimination.