the number of cars burned has decreased by 10% compared to last year, announces Gérald Darmanin

New Year’s Eve celebrations “went well”, assures the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, Monday January 1st. The latter announced that 745 vehicles had been burned, a decrease of 10% in the number of vehicles burned compared to last year, during a trip to Montargis (Loiret). In total, 380 people were arrested “on national territory”according to official figures established at 7 a.m., which represents a decline of 10% compared to 2023.

Gérald Darmanin adds that a “forty agents [ont été] very slightly injured in their interventions”down 40% compared to 2023. The minister also records “an 80% reduction in fireworks attacks and mortar fire”and greets a “very important work” carried out upstream, with “seizures, border controls and a change of strategy since the urban riots”.

He also welcomed the gathering of more than a million people on the Champs-Elysées, “without any significant incident”. A few months before the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, this event was a test of the capital’s ability to welcome several hundred thousand spectators without incident.