Gérald Darmanin asks the prefects for “reinforced protective measures” for the elected representatives of the majority

In a letter addressed to the prefect of police of Paris, to the prefect of police of Bouches-du-Rhône, but also to the director of the national police and the director of the national gendarmerie, Gérald Darmanin asked Thursday March 16 thats “reinforced measures to protect elected officials” be put in place in the days to come. “As part of the mobilization against the pension reform, elected officials, particularly parliamentarians, are sometimes the subject of threats, insults or malicious acts such as damage to property”writes the Minister of the Interior in this letter that France Télévisions was able to consult.

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“Also, I ask you to firmly maintain the device implemented following my previous instructions”, continues Gérald Darmanin, asking in particular “continue the surveillance put in place around the offices of parliamentarians and their homes, if necessary”.

Aurore Bergé asked for a mobilization of state services

Earlier in the evening, the patron saint of Renaissance deputies, Aurore Bergé, had asked Gérald Darmanin to “mobilize state services” for the “protection of parliamentarians” of the majority, targeted by opponents of the pension reform. “I refuse to see deputies from my group, or any deputy of the Nation, being afraid of their individual expression, afraid to vote freely because he would fear reprisals”wrote Aurore Bergé in a letter to the minister, of which AFP had a copy.

The triggering on Thursday by the Prime Minister of the constitutional weapon of 49.3 to have the pension reform adopted definitively without a vote by the Assembly was followed by rallies in several cities in France and demonstrations enamelled with tensions. Several trade union officials in the transport and energy sectors have also warned of possible “overflows” Or “individual actions” of base employees.