“There was a failure of the intelligence services”, estimates Marine Tondelier, national secretary of EELV

Marine Tondelier, national secretary of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, was invited to answer questions from viewers and Gilles Bornstein on the set of the interactive franceinfo show “#OnVousRépond”, Friday October 20.

Asked about the policy to combat radicalization, the director of EELV questioned the effectiveness of the surveillance system to which Mohamed M., the main suspect in the assassination of Dominique Bernard, French teacher, was subject. in the Gambetta high school in Arras. For Marine Tondelier, “obviously, there was a failure of the intelligence services at some point on this issue”. She notably mentioned the suspect’s interview with the DGSI, the day before the attack.

🗣️”Obviously, there was a failure of the intelligence services at some point on this issue.”

Marine Tondelier, national secretary of EELV, discusses Mohamed M.’s interview with the DGSI the day before the Arras attack.

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Furthermore, she spoke out on the controversy between Karim Benzema and Gérald Darmanin. The Minister of the Interior criticizes the footballer for speaking on Gaza and not on the attack on Arras or that of Hamas. For Marine Tondelier, “we must stop sowing controversy after controversy”. She defended the former player of the France team and Real Madrid: “We cannot ask every public figure to be in perfect control of current events.”

🗣️”If Karim Benzema had been an association, Gérald Darmanin would have requested its dissolution.”

For Marine Tondelier, “we must stop sowing controversy after controversy”.

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