Just a few days ago at the National Assembly, France’s lower house, interior minister Gérald Darmanin defended the draft “Global security” legislation now proceeding through parliament with an attack on comments by the radical-left France Insoumise party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “Glory, yes, glory for the police and gendarmes,” he declared. A little later, again speaking before Members of Parliament (MPs), he told the assembly: “I am very happy, very happy, to defend the police […] honour upon the police.”
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