William Molinie
The former “big cops”, as they are called, are summoned for a dinner with Emmanuel Macron. Among them, there will be Robert Broussard, Ange Mancini and Frédéric Péchenard. Figures of the French police at the Élysée for a seduction operation.
There will be blue this Tuesday evening at the Élysée. Emmanuel Macron receives police ambassadors to support his reform of this institution. Among them, there will be Robert Broussard, Ange Mancini or Frédéric Péchenard, police figures who have marked the house in their own way. First, the most iconic of them, commissioner Robert Broussard, is the man who killed bandit Jacques Mesrine. Half a dozen of his peers were invited. Prefect Ange Mancini is the first head of the Raid to become national intelligence coordinator. Finally, Frédéric Péchenard, the former director general of the national police is also invited.
Unprecedented grumbling over institutional reform
At their side, Charles Pellegrini, former commissioner specializing in organized crime is also invited. Objective of the Élysée: to pay tribute to them, at a time when the police are going through an institutional reform, with an unprecedented discontent from the investigators of the judicial police who denounce a weakening of the investigation sector.
“It’s a bit of a reunion of veterans,” quips a participant. But this is an opportunity for the president, he continues, to “know what we really think of the state of the police and this reform”. Because, he concludes, “we are all removed from police business and we expect absolutely nothing from him”.