After being received at the Elysée, Eric Piolle believes that the head of state has not grasped the fundamental problems raised by urban violence. He calls on Emmanuel Macron to move towards more “prevention and justice”.
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“For Emmanuel Macron, everything is fine and there is no problem“in working-class neighborhoods, denounced Tuesday July 4 on franceinfo the mayor EELV of Grenoble (Isère) Éric Piolle, after having been received, like 301 other mayors, by the President of the Republic at the Elysée, after the urban violence in reaction to Nahel’s death.
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“From his point of view, he has already done a lot of things, and there is no problem of means, with the functioning of the police, no problem of racism“, regretted Éric Piolle, who nevertheless believes that the “emergency law“announced by Emmanuel Macron to finance the repairs”don’t eat bread“. According to him, “there is a need for justice and we must hear all the anger“.”Delivering justice is fundamental. We must work on inequalities, on emancipation, on racism, we must also work on the framework of the mission that we ask of the police“.
“We must look for the causes and not just treat the symptoms.“, he finally estimated. “We need repression, of course, but we also need prevention and justice.“.