Eric Dupond-Moretti, the Minister of Justice, indicated on Wednesday on franceinfo that the reflection on the “anti-thugs” law will “start this Friday” with Gérald Darmanin.
“I want to do everything to avoid these outrageous police attacks. I want us to avoid thugs coming to kill cops”declared Wednesday May 3 on franceinfo the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti, while the latter is considering an “anti-thug” law and announced a working meeting on Friday on this subject with his counterpart from the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.
“I will discuss, I will see these subjects with the Minister of the Interior and our reflection will start this Friday”specifies the Keeper of the Seals who adds: “I don’t know if it is appropriate to act in emotion, we must act in reflection”.
Eric Dupond-Moretti recalls that the previous law was “censured by the Constitutional Council”, in 2019. The Elders had censored the measure allowing prefects to issue administrative bans on demonstrations. According to information from franceinfo, the government is considering how to propose this type of measure again. More than 400 police and gendarmes were injured during the mobilizations of May 1 in France, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
The Keeper of the Seals tackles the extremes
Asked about the National Rally and the popularity of the party in recent weeks, while the citizen mobilization against the pension law continues, the Keeper of the Seals replies: “If you don’t agree with Marine Le Pen, wait three weeks and she’ll change her mind.”
“It’s so true what I’m telling you, that she chose silence”, he adds about Marine Le Pen. “On the number of magistrates, since I am presenting this text today, she says that it would take 9,000 then 18,000, etc. And everything is like that”he breathes.
Regarding the far left, Eric Dupond-Moretti also shows his opposition and describes this political program as “dog bed”. The Keeper of the Seals adds that the extreme left wants “a sixth Republic where nothing is respected, where you put your foot on the ball representing the head of a minister, where you consider that the police are barbarians, mentally ill, killers”, he concludes.