Since the death of young Nahel on June 27, killed by a policeman during a roadside check, numerous riots have broken out in France. A total of 3,200 people were arrested during these turbulent nights, the damage to which was greater than the riots that took place in 2005 following the deaths of Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré. Guest of the Grand Rendez-vous d’Europe 1/CNEWS/Les Echos, the deputy of Yvelines and the president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly Aurore Bergé looked into the fundamental question behind these uprisings. According to her, it is about all the “republican values” which are voluntarily targeted by the thousands of rioters.
“Inexcusable” urban violence
In addition to the burned vehicles and means of transport, public buildings suffered the same punishment. An attack that would implicitly seek to affect the government without a direct link to the death of the teenager. “We must not try to see in these riots demands that would be political demands”, indicates Aurore Bergé before adding: “The risk is that we are trying to say that these rioters had a political message for us. pass. I don’t believe in it”. While the government of Elisabeth Borne has been strongly criticized for a year, the heart of the current dispute is not only police violence. “I deeply believe that Nahel’s death was a pretext for an outpouring of hatred and an outpouring of violence which is absolutely inexcusable,” she said.
To confirm her statements, the president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly relied on the words of the mayor of Nanterre who would also have mentioned the notion of “pretext”. Aurore Bergé then highlighted what was the target of the various violence. “What was attacked? Symbols of the Republic. Namely schools, public buildings, law enforcement.” It is then “mixed with this attempts, unfortunately successes, of looting”. The deputy of Yvelines then echoes the many shops destroyed and looted during the nights of the riots.
“We managed to contain these riots”
Nevertheless, Aurore Bergé took care to highlight the success of the police in restoring order as quickly as possible with nights of violence that lasted “five days and not three weeks”. “We managed to contain these riots and there were many more arrests and many more convictions,” she explains. However, it should be remembered that drug traffickers also had a role to play in the end of these uprisings in the neighborhoods. With the situation blocking drug trafficking, some have called for the riots to be stopped.
The member for Yvelines has not shown a desire to soften the dismantling of deal points. “We’re certainly not going to give that up. It’s not up to drug dealers to say what’s allowed or what’s forbidden in our neighborhoods,” she concludes.