“We must not confuse the revolt, which may be legitimate after the tragedy that there was, and the abuses, which have absolutely nothing to do”, estimated, Monday, July 3, on the set of “4 Truths”, the President of the National Assembly. Yaël Braun-Pivet also said he regretted the “amalgams”. “Today, we need nuanced speeches and to get into the complexity of things”, she insisted. She will be received during the day with the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, at the Elysée. Follow our live.
Nearly 160 arrests in the night from Sunday to Monday, calmer than the previous ones. IThe police carried out 157 arrests throughout France, against more than 400 the previous night, according to a provisional report communicated by the Ministry of the Interior shortly before 8 a.m. In addition, three police officers and gendarmes were injured, specifies this source, which reports 352 fires on the public highway, 331 vehicle and building fires. As for official buildings, a police station and a gendarmerie barracks were targeted.
More than 3,000 people taken into custody since Tuesday. A total of 3,000 people have been taken into police custody since the start of the violence on Tuesday evening, 570 have been brought to justice and 260 sent for immediate appearance, according to a judicial source at franceinfo. Justice “will do her best, as she does every time”assured Monday on franceinfo Raphaël Balland, prosecutor of Béziers and president of the National Conference of the prosecutors of the Republic.
The mayors of France are calling for rallies of support in front of town halls this afternoon. The association of mayors of France (AMF) invokes “a civic mobilization” after the violent attack on the home of the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne) on the night of Saturday to Sunday. Thus, all the town halls of France will sound their sirens at noon during these gatherings, announced Sunday the president of the AMF, David Lisnard.
The presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate received at the Elysée on Monday. Emmanuel Macron will thus receive Yaël Braun-Pivet and Gérard Larcher. On Tuesday, it will be the turn of the mayors of “more than 220 municipalities victims of abuses” to be received by the Head of State, announced the Elysée on Sunday evening. “The president also asked Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to receive the presidents of political groups in Parliament on Monday”added the presidency.