After the outbreak of tensions throughout France in reaction to the use of article 49.3 to approve the pension reform, Gérald Darmanin sent a telegram on Thursday night to all the prefects appealing for their “vigilance” and “total mobilization to guarantee everyone’s safety.” the elected officials of our Republic”.
“Elected officials, especially parliamentarians, are sometimes subjected to threats, insults, insults or even malicious acts such as property damage. These acts of intimidation and violence are unacceptable,” lamented the Interior Minister in this telegram that BFMTV was able to Consult.
Maintain “firm” measures
A little earlier in the evening, the patron saint of Renaissance deputies, Aurore Bergé, had arrested Gérald Darmanin to “mobilize the State services” for the “protection of parliamentarians” from the majority, the objective of opponents of the pension reform.
In his telegram, Gérald Darmanin does not announce new protection measures but insists on “firm” maintenance of the existing system.
Among the actions that the prefectures will carry out, Beauvau insists on the “surveillance put in place around the offices of parliamentarians and their homes, if necessary.”
Source: BFM TV
