Demonstrations of October 17: under oath before the deputies, Laurent Nuñez recognizes a “lack of anticipation” on his part during this day marked by looting
He also spoke of a "failure", while specifying that "the failure noted does not in itself presuppose a fault on the part of the State services", within the framework of the commission of inquiry of the National Assembly devoted to its management of the maintenance of order on October 17.
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Laurent Nuñez spoke of a "lack of anticipation, which is first of all [his]" in the face of "phenomena predicted by the intelligence services" which occurred "simultaneously" on the day of October 17, so as to shatter the police system." The Minister of the Interior is heard by a parliamentary commission of inquiry, Tuesday, November 3, in order to shed light on his management of maintaining order during the mobilization interspersed with violence in some major cities. Follow our live stream.
The hearing of the Minister of the Interior to begin the work. The hearing of Laurent Nuñez on Tuesday marks the start of the work of this commission of inquiry, the objective of which is to examine, among other things, "the way in which the public authorities prepare in advance of such events", but also the "information and means at their disposal", while the executive has recognized failings. The “law and order” system and its “possible dysfunctions” are also in the sights of parliamentarians, as is “the adequacy of the criminal response”.
Laurent Nuñez does not want to give up grenades or tear gas. “I will not give up any intermediate means (grenades, tear gas, etc.) for the simple reason that the police need to defend themselves when they are attacked” during demonstrations, the Minister of the Interior said on Monday. Laurent Nuñez thus responded to several deputies during a hearing on the 2027 budget, before the law committee of the National Assembly, asked for an opinion.
La France insoumise and the Ecologists are looking for testimonies. Jean-Luc Mélenchon's movement and the environmental and social group are launching two separate initiatives to collect testimonies and possible evidence of police violence or state dysfunction, in order to feed the commission of inquiry into October 17.
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#NUNEZ Faced with these assertions by Laurent Nuñez, who continues to question the ultra-left, deputies have just pointed out the presence of the ultra-right in these demonstrations. “Yes the ultra-right is taking advantage of this type of movement to seek out the ultra-left, yes they wanted to take advantage of the situation; we saw them less on October 17, more on October 24 and even less on October 31 to my knowledge", replied the minister.
Response from Violaine Jaussent
franceinfo journalist 0 sec ago
“The police were on their mission to protect the territories and they gave the impression of watching, the fact remains that there were arrests, that can give an illusion of connivance which does not exist”, also declared Laurent Nuñez, in particular in reference to our investigation into the accusations of police cooperation with ultra-right activists in Montpellier during the demonstration on Saturday October 24.
Gerardpa
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#NUNEZ Hello, why systematically talk about the ultra-left or extreme left in the introduction to its interventions? Is it really so justified? Thank you in advance.
Response from Violaine Jaussent
franceinfo journalist 0 sec ago
Hello @Gerardpa. Many political figures, particularly within the government, accuse the ultra-left of being involved in the violence which targeted the police, as well as the damage to public buildings and businesses on October 17. In this article, my colleague Juliette Campion explained that the intelligence services had actually noted that in Paris, Place de la République, there were members of the ultra-left, grouped in "small violent, radical groups, on the fringes of the democratic and republican field". Intelligence, however, emphasized that ultra-left activists were not responsible for the numerous lootings in the capital.
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#NUNEZ During this hearing, Laurent Nuñez also insisted, once again, on the presence of "the ultra-left and the radical far right" during the day of October 17. “They are quite clever and quite clever people. They are very good at degenerating things and they are very good at never being questioned,” he points out.
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The minister returns to the words of the Paris public prosecutor. On October 19, Laure Beccuau declared that she could “absolutely not confirm” that the people placed in police custody under her jurisdiction would be “politicized towards the ultra-left”. “This is obviously strictly correct. But that does not mean that they were not involved,” Laurent Nuñez responded to the Assembly today.
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#NUNEZ A little earlier, the Minister of the Interior recognized that the intelligence services had fewer “sensors” today to assess in advance the scale of a social movement. “We no longer have the sensors that we had before, which were elected officials, union organizations, associations, neighborhood partners, these sensors have gradually become less and we have less information than in the past,” explains Laurent Nuñez.
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#NUNEZ Return to the National Assembly's commission of inquiry devoted to the management of policing on October 17. While Laurent Nuñez returns to the LBD, which is, according to him, "the only intermediate weapon which allows targeting a particular person", the deputy La France insoumise du Nord Ugo Bernalicis intervenes.
“If every time I speak you have to interrupt me… that’s enough!”, intervenes the Minister of the Interior. “You are constantly provocative!”, he exclaims. The president of the commission threatens to suspend but calm returns.
Laurent Nuñez
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“I regret that there were these serious injuries.”
#NUNEZ Return to the Assembly, where Laurent Nuñez regrets the injuries caused by the use of intermediate force weapons by the police, following a question from one of the rapporteurs of the commission of inquiry who recalled that high school students had their hands torn off and others were blinded in the eyes.
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If the minister "regrets" more particularly that Evan, a 15-year-old high school student, had his hand torn off by a stun grenade during a blockade of his establishment in Lens (Pas-de-Calais), on October 5, he accepts the use of this type of weapon. “The context for the force’s engagement was met,” assures Laurent Nuñez.
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#NUNEZ In front of the deputies, the Minister of the Interior returns to “the lack of anticipation” which he admitted a little earlier. “The intelligence services had told us the risks for October 17. What we didn’t anticipate was that they were going to arrive simultaneously and train each other, and that was unprecedented.” Laurent Nuñez insists on the “conjunction of risks” and believes that what he did not anticipate was the “number greater than what we expected”.
Response from Laurent Nuñez
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“I’m not looking to shift my responsibility to anyone.”
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#NUNEZ “What happened that day? All the risks came true,” admitted Laurent Nuñez a little earlier. He underlined the “very anticipated” nature of the actions carried out. “In Marseille, processions started very early in the morning, ultra-left processions, this was the case in Paris too,” according to the Minister of the Interior.
Response from Laurent Nuñez
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"There were immediate clashes. We have a fairly new phenomenon. The ultra-left mobilized in an unusual way with the aim of disrupting the police system."
“Ultra-left and radicalized far-left activists immediately caused the march to degenerate,” also affirmed Laurent Nuñez.
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#NUNEZ The Minister of the Interior highlights four “extremely important events which occurred at the same time” on October 17, according to him:
a procession “to be surrounded by 110,000 people”;
“radicalized activists” on Place de la République in Paris, who remained all afternoon;
“wild processions which aimed to go towards places of power”;
the arrival in the evening and late afternoon of "thugs and looters".
Laurent Nuñez
Minister of the Interior 0 sec ago
“I assume this word from a lack of anticipation, a lack of anticipation which is first and foremost mine.”
#NUNEZ "What was surprising that day (...) was not having seen that all these phenomena planned by the intelligence services were going to occur simultaneously in such a way as to shatter the police system", affirmed the minister before the commission of inquiry of the National Assembly on October 17.
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