New explanation. Before the deputies of the Law Commission, Bruno Retailleau returned this Wednesday, October 2, to the statements he made on the rule of law and which were the subject of a rethinking by Michel Barnier during his general policy. speech this Tuesday.
“At no time did I want to abolish the rule of law, at no time,” the Minister of the Interior insisted to the deputies, ensuring that part of his statements were “voluntarily cut.”
“Move cursor”
He attracted the ire of the left and macronie by declaring in the latest issue of the Journal du Dimanche that the rule of law was “neither intangible nor sacred.”
“I simply said that we had to move the cursor in the rule of law, as we did in the time of terrorism and Covid (…) between the two poles of public freedoms and the protection of society,” he clarified this Wednesday. .
“When there is a standard that needs to evolve, we have made it evolve”
The Minister also explained “challenging” those who “hide behind the rule of law to add to the rule of law norms that do not constitute the alpha and omega of the rule of law.”
“We must constantly adjust not the rule of law as it is in its intangible principles but rather fight to ensure that we protect our fellow citizens and that when there is a norm that we must evolve to make it evolve, there is no legal impossibility,” continued Bruno Retailleau.
After the controversy sparked by his statements, he deplored in a statement on Tuesday the “false debates” and insisted on asking “to face reality”, believing that “the law does not sufficiently protect the French.”
“We must not confuse the rule of law, which imposes great demands in terms of freedom and dignity, with the rule of law, which varies depending on the context, because they must correspond to the demands of citizens,” he added this Wednesday in Figaro. Magazine.
Source: BFM TV
