The acts of physical or verbal violence against them will increase from 32% in 2022, according to the chiffres du ministère de l’Intérieur dévoilés mercidi par la ministre des Collectivités Dominique Faure, qui veut mettre en place une “cellule de lutte” pour affronter The phenomenon.
Last year, 2,265 complaints and reports of verbal (threats, insults, contempt) or physical violence against elected officials were registered, 32% more than in 2021, according to these feedback figures from the Ministry of Health. .
Among these reports, 160 concerned only physical violence, a slight decrease compared to 2021.
An “analysis cell”
To respond to this increase, “an analysis and fight cell dedicated specifically to the fight against attacks on elected officials” will be created in the coming days, announced Dominique Faure in an interview with paris party.
Installed in the Ministry of the Interior, this cell “will be in charge of identifying these phenomena, analyzing each fact, to prevent them and respond to them in full coordination with the prefectures, the police, the gendarmerie and the prosecutor’s office,” he said. .-he adds.
Dominique Faure also indicated that he wanted to “strengthen the sanctions for those who attack elected officials”, so that the penalties they incur are similar to those committed for attacking the police, gendarmes or firefighters.
Strengthen sanctions
In February, the association of mayors of France (AMF) for its part announced a 15% increase in 2022 in outrages, threats and physical violence against mayors and municipal councillors.
A law enacted on January 24 allows associations of elected officials, but also the National Assembly, Senate, European Parliament and local authorities to bring civil actions, a right previously reserved only for departmental associations of mayors.
Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti had published a circular in 2020 to better defend mayors who are victims of “contempt”, calling for a “systematic and rapid criminal response”.
Source: BFM TV
