Arthur de Laborde, edited by Romain Rouillard
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8:41 p.m., August 21, 2022
While a recent survey estimates that 75% of French people are dissatisfied with its results, Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, is playing the action card this summer by increasing the number of trips. He also wants to advocate firmness in the face of criminal acts committed by foreigners.
Gérald Darmanin is on all fronts this summer. The Minister of the Interior arrived this Sunday morning in Mayotte for a three-day visit. A trip centered on the fight against insecurity and illegal immigration. At the same time, in an interview with the Sunday newspaper, Gérald Darmanin defended his record, considered bad by 75% of French people according to an Ifop poll for the JDD.
To try to convince the skeptics, the tenant of Place Beauveau plays the card of firmness. According to him, there is a problem linked to foreign delinquency in France. “We owe the vast majority of foreigners who love our country to be firm with the minority of troublemakers,” he proclaims.
Police reinforcements in major cities
This is why the Minister of the Interior wishes to speed up the expulsion of foreigners who commit acts of serious delinquency. Faced with insecurity, he also promises police reinforcements in the big cities, in particular with the creation of “11 mobile force units”, In total, 880 additional agents will be deployed to fight in particular against drug trafficking. and urban rodeos.
Gérald Darmanin also reacted to the burning news of this summer and promises to train 3,000 green gendarmes to investigate environmental affairs and criminal fires. The Minister sets the objective of a green policeman in each brigade, everywhere in France.