Bruno Retailleau and Michel Barnier (from behind), September 28, 2024 in Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire). ROMAIN DOUCELIN/SIPA
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The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, regretted this Tuesday 1is October that his remarks on the rule of law, sparking criticism even from the presidential bloc, were “instrumentalized by false debates” and considered that the rule of law was at the “foundation of [la] Republic » française.
Bruno Retailleau attracted criticism, including within the Macronist bloc, by judging in “Le Journal du Dimanche” that the rule of law is not “not intangible nor sacred”. Several personalities, including the President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet and the former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, have contested this position.
“The subject of the protection and security of the French is too serious and too serious to be exploited by false debates”reacted this Tuesday Bruno Retailleau.
“We must face reality, we owe it to the French as Michel Barnier reminded us: today, the law does not sufficiently protect the French”he adds in a press release.
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“Of course there cannot be democracy without the rule of law, without public authorities respecting law and freedoms”assures the minister, a few hours before Michel Barnier’s general policy declaration. “This is the foundation of our Republic”he said.
“When the texts in force no longer guarantee all rights – starting with the first of them, the right to be protected – they must evolve, in full respect of the institutions of our Republic”poursuit Bruno Retailleau. “This is what the French are asking of us and what we will do under the authority of the Prime Minister”he concludes.
“We must not touch the rule of law”
Before this clarification, Minister LR had also attracted criticism from the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, Rémy Heitz.
The rule of law “neither intangible nor sacred” ? “I don’t agree with this at all.”retorted France’s first prosecutor on Franceinfo.
“The rule of law is fundamental, which does not mean that we cannot change the law”more “we must not touch the rule of law and we must even strengthen it”asserted Rémy Heitz. “There really is a fundamental principle there. The rule of law is a bit like freedom: we must not regret it when we have lost it”he continued.
