This is a new weapon, already used in Grenoble for several years, to fight against the gangrene of drug trafficking.
The Figaro Nice
Galvanized by the thousands of “friends of the mayor” gathered around him in the Albert 1 gardenis On the occasion of his political comeback, Christian Estrosi let himself go, on Friday evening, with a most patriotic anaphora: “My France!” That “respect, authority and work”he cried. The one again “of freedom and security”. And while for months cases – when they are not tragedies – linked to drug trafficking have been multiplying in the fifth city of France, the Côte d’Azur mayor used the figure of speech to reiterate his firmness in the fight against drug trafficking.
“My France is the one that wages war on drug trafficking and narcoterrorism. That never gives up. That shows firmness. In my France, when you are convicted of drug trafficking, well, social housing is over. You are evicted.”he said. 150 individuals have been thrown out of their homes in Nice over the last three years. A measure that could soon be doubled by the removal of benefits in the event of a conviction. “Within the framework of the Local Crime Treatment Group, I proposed to the public prosecutor that we draw up an agreement between the CAF, the community and the State services so that any dealer, any lookout, any convicted trafficker no longer receives benefits.”he announced, immediately applauded by his troops. “No national solidarity for the enemies of the Republic!”he added.
The Grenoble model
Information confirmed by the Nice magistrate, Damien Martinelli. “It is agreed that we think about this together. If there are relevant measures that bear fruit elsewhere, I am not opposed to us experimenting with them here.”he says. Since 2020, the process has been used in Grenoble (Isère) as part of the fight against drug trafficking. “We are transmitting the final conviction judgments to the CAF” had explained at the end of August to Figaro Eric Vaillant, public prosecutor of Grenoble. 55 people had then been reported by the public prosecutor to the CAF, but not all had been subject to sanctions. These can range from temporary removal to a simple reduction of rights to social benefits.
The judgments provided to the CAF include in particular the income obtained by the dealer through drug trafficking. Sums included by the organization in the calculation of allowances. However illegal they may be, this income “should have been declared for the calculation of allowances based on the person’s actual income”Eric Vaillant commented again. “The drug trafficking problem is serious and will not be solved by chin-smacking and media stunts. The suspension of family allowances is a false solution that will financially penalize entire families for the actions of one of the children.”reacted Monday morning on X (ex-Twitter) the leader of the environmentalists in Nice, Juliette Chesnel-le Roux.
Guest on the BFMTV-RMC morning show on Monday morning, Christian Estrosi confirmed his ambition to see the measure implemented as quickly as possible. He sees it as a weapon to wage war on what he calls “narcoterrorism.” “We need to crush the small-time thugs, clear out our neighborhoods and break up the big networks”he insisted. Mayor Horizons also shared his wish to see, in the event of a repeat offence, the allowances withdrawn from “the whole family” of a delinquent “if it is proven that she was an accomplice by saying nothing and by denouncing nothing”.
