A grandmother and her granddaughter were violently attacked on Monday in Bordeaux by a repeat offender “homeless”. The attack, “of rare violence”, revives the debate on security in the political class.
A septuagenarian and her granddaughter were violently attacked on Monday in Bordeaux, the prefect of New Aquitaine and Gironde said on Twitter. Placed in police custody, the suspect is a homeless person unfavorably known to the police. These facts “of rare violence“provoked the turmoil of the political class, unanimously denouncing an attack “shameful”.
In the aftermath of the events, the environmentalist mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, brought all his “support” and his “empathy” to the victims. “I am like all Bordeaux residents extremely shocked“, he added from the Town Hall. And to temporize: “I will not look for a scapegoat. The answers to be given are complicated in Bordeaux as elsewhere.” In the process, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, denounced a “despicable aggression” on Twitter. Facts which, according to him, should “to be very severely punished so that they never repeat themselves again”.
Images “unsustainable”
Invited to CNEWS, government spokesman Olivier Véran also expressed “his strong emotion”, considering that the elderly victim could “to be our grandmother to all”. before lamenting “gratuitous violence (…) which illustrates the need for security for the French”indicating that the government has increased “more than ever the justice budget”as well as law enforcement personnel.
Insufficient for the nationalist right, which was quick to seize the subject to relaunch the debate on security. Faced with images that she judges “unsustainable”Marine Le Pen lambasted a “insecurity aggravated by the migratory chaos” become “endemic”. “How many videos like this does it take for the power to react?”, reprimanded the patroness of the deputies of the National Rally (RN). The multi-recidivist profile of the aggressor would be proof of the “judicial laxity” for party chairman Jordan Bardella. “I don’t want a France where you can be attacked, for nothing, on your doorstep”, he insisted. The MEP called for a “turning point in criminal matters” on Europe 1, pleading for the restoration of “minimum penalties”. “How awful ! This is what they have done to our country. French, wake up»reacted the boss of Reconquest, Éric Zemmour on Twitter.
Meaningful images
The president of the Republicans, Éric Ciotti, for his part regretted a “revolting aggression” on Twitter. “The images are heavy with meaning.” Still on social networks, the boss of LR senators, Bruno Retailleau, also pointed out the shortcomings of justice. “How is it that after dozens of arrests, this individual is still circulating freely?”, was indignant the boss of LR senators, Bruno Retailleau. Same story on the side of the president of Hauts-de-France, Xavier Bertrand, who called for “the greatest penal severity”.
The left has remained more cautious: few politicians have so far spoken about the facts. The Renaissance deputy for Bas-Rhin, Charles Sitzenstuhl, did not hesitate to point the finger “angelism” in the face of the delinquency of mayors “big cities run by the Nupes”. Invited on LCI, the Insoumis Éric Coquerel was careful not to “to draw a conclusion” of the attack. “It’s not something new, he pointed out. Some are already trying to recover this event.»
