France is beginning to return to normality after a week of strong riots and violence following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old boy, shot by an agent at a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Paris. The intensity of the altercations has gradually decreased and The Government is now working on a ‘reconstruction’ planSo there are huge losses. “The situation is practically normal,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said today.
On Tuesday night there were 16 detainees, compared to the more than 1,300 am Saturday, the worst day. The sign of the return to normality is that transport is now operating again at the usual times. The previous days, there were no buses or trams from nine at night to six in the morning in the Paris region. “With the Minister of the Interior (Gérald Darmanin) we will be extremely vigilant,” Borne said in the Senate.
In his hearing in the Senate, Gérald Darmanin has considered that the current situation is one of “peace of mind, after these extremely difficult times“. However, “We must remain vigilant,” he stressed.
The Government has presented today in the Council of Ministers a reconstruction plan that will allow the affected buildings to be repaired and recovered. There are 2,508. Public buildings such as schools, police stations and city halls are also included. Is calculated damage of more than 1,000 million euros, according to data from the employers’ association, Medef. A figure higher than that of the destruction of 2005 and the crisis of the yellow vests.
Those of the wave of riots of that time, provoked after the death of two young people who were electrocuted when they were being chased by the police, were confined above all to the belt of the Parisian periphery.