Elisabeth Borne will present at the end of October the government’s responses to the riots in front of five hundred mayors of the most affected cities, Matignon announced on Wednesday October 4, on the eve of a National Council for Refoundation (CNR) devoted to this subject. “At the end of October”, the Prime Minister “will present a progress update on the measures taken and those which will be worked on in depth with local elected officials”, in response to this urban violence triggered by the death of young Nahel M., killed by a police officer at the end of June.
This will involve “closing” a sequence opened by President Emmanuel Macron, who received at the Elysée at the beginning of July the mayors of more than three hundred municipalities having suffered significant damage. Elisabeth Borne will previously chair a CNR in Matignon on Thursday intended to “share the diagnosis and avenues for reflection” on the riots which shook France at the end of June-beginning of July. It’s about “thinking about the root causes” and “the political actions that can be taken in the short, medium and long term”.
Ministers, researchers and mayors at the CNR on Thursday
But this CNR, then the answers given at the end of October, are very “distinct” from the interministerial committee of cities (CIV), which will also be organized “by the end of October”. This CIV must address fundamental issues, both in terms of housing, schooling and discrimination.
“We cannot reduce the question of the riots (…) to the question of priority neighborhoods or large complexes,” explained Matignon, given that “only a third of the neighborhoods affected by the riots are priority neighborhoods of the city ( QPV)”.
The event in front of five hundred mayors is also distinct from the “national convention of local democracy” on the status and violence against elected officials that Dominique Faure, Minister Delegate in charge of Communities, plans to organize on October 30.
The CNR on Thursday will bring together around fifty people from 5 p.m., including several ministers (Aurore Bergé, Charlotte Caubel, Gérald Darmanin, Eric Dupond-Moretti, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, Jean-Noël Barrot, Dominique Faure), around ten mayors affected by the violence, as well as researchers, parliamentarians, associations, and representatives of communities and unions.
The discussions will focus on four themes: the profile of the rioters, the first elements of which were revealed at the beginning of September; crime prevention; family support; juvenile justice and parental responsibility.