Death of Nahel: LR and Reconquest in unison to demand a state of emergency

A white march took place this afternoon in Nanterre in memory of the young Nahel, killed by a policeman during a traffic check. It was peppered with incidents and scuffles. While the executive announces an increased mobilization of the police in anticipation of a new night of violence, the Republicans, through the voice of their president Eric Ciotti, called this Thursday for the establishment of a state of emergency “wherever incidents have broken out”.

This is an exceptional measure already initiated in 2005 by a right-wing government, at the time led by Dominique De Villepin, after more than 10 days of riots.

“Like Jacques Chirac in 2005”

Most of the tenors on the right reacted in unison on Twitter to denounce unjustified violence and degradation.

“Nothing excuses the violence of the thugs. Nothing excuses gang law and their dictatorship of fear. Emmanuel Macron must understand this, thus challenged the leader of the LR deputies, Olivier Marleix, before advocating in turn the implementation of exceptional means: “Like Jacques Chirac in 2005, he must proclaim a state of emergency “.

For his part, the president LR of the Senate, Gérard Larcher questioned on the LCI channel admitted that “if it appears necessary that it be triggered in certain perimeters: it must be effective”. The state of emergency is scheduled to last 12 days and allows the prefects to establish a curfew, close certain places or even authorize searches day and night.

“Eric Ciotti is right to want the government to mobilize much more resources to deal with a dangerous situation. Failure to do so would expose oneself to the risk of security chaos. If they don’t, they will let themselves be overwhelmed,” adds Geoffroy Didier, deputy general secretary of the Republicans to “Les Echos”.

LR and Reconquest in unison

An option a priori “not considered today” by Matignon when the Ministry of the Interior reports 170 police officers injured and 180 arrests having taken place overnight from Wednesday to Thursday after violent clashes.

After this tragedy which occurred on Wednesday, all the oppositions seek to react. The establishment of the state of emergency is also demanded by Reconquest, the party of Eric Zemmour. The former presidential candidate tweeted: “As always, it’s the submission that excites the criminals. That of the government and the left has a huge share of responsibility. Only firmness can bring order and peace, he wrote on the social network before demanding, too, the establishment of the state of emergency this evening.

The RN in ambush

More wait-and-see and loyal to the strategy of responding to the Head of State, Marine Le Pen took the opposite direction from Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday in the wake of his statements evoking an “unexplainable” and “inexcusable” crime . “I am surprised to see that the President of the Republic does not leave justice to do its job. His remarks are excessive and irresponsible, ”qualified the far-right leader on Wednesday.

The flame party does not claim, like Reconquest or the Republicans, the establishment of a state of emergency. “It is a possible option but we do not have the same information as the authorities. It will be up to them to make a decision if necessary, ”we believe in the entourage of Jordan Bardella, the president of the RN who went to the Gennevilliers police station on Thursday.

In 2005, after weeks of riots, Jean-Marie Le Pen, then president of the National Front, considered this type of initiative “too late” and “very insufficient”.