The right and the far right, exasperated by urban violence, compete in calls for firmness in the face of urban violence, questioning an executive "totally overwhelmed" on the sovereign.
The Elysée indicated on Friday that President Emmanuel Macron was willing to reform the security system "without hesitation," only days before the formation of an inter-ministerial crisis squad.
The expectations of the right are obvious ahead of this conference, when "all the hypotheses," according to Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, would be on the table.
"We request the imposition of a curfew first, followed by the declaration of a state of emergency and the mobilization of all means of security in our country," said Sebastien Chenu, vice-president RN of the National Assembly, on Friday.
A noticeable hardening of your tone, since the vice-president of RN Jordan Bardella preferred to get in touch the day before, despite the fact that it was not necessary "to exclude anything," but that he did not have "the information available to Gérald Darmanin," the Interior Minister.
After a night of urban violence, the tone shifted: "We are calling for" this state of emergency "because today's violence has reached such proportions that we must act immediately," Mr. Chenu declared.
Many communities in the Paris area and the provinces awoke on Friday with the wounds of a new night of violence, the third since Nahel, 17, was murdered by a police officer in Nanterre on Tuesday.
The RN looked to be falling behind the Republicans and Reconquest, who compete in firmness on the regal to enchant their constituency, by waiting.
On Friday, LR president Eric Ciotti renewed his call for a state of emergency, lamenting the country's "total anarchy."
He had asked the day before that this state of emergency be declared "immediately" and "everywhere incidents have broken out," and he had aggressively questioned the extreme left, which he claimed had "clearly called for a riot."
The president of Reconquête, Eric Zemmour, who was the first to ask for a state of emergency, called on Friday for "ferocious repression" against the perpetrators of the violence, which he described as the start of a civil war.
Eric Zemmour, invoking a "ethnic" or "racial war," drew a similarity with the 2005 riots: "it's worse," he guaranteed, because the approximately 40,000 police forces deployed throughout the night "are exceeded" and have "orders not to go into contact."
Jordan Bardella traveled to the Gennevilliers police station (Hauts-de-Seine) on Wednesday afternoon, while Eric Ciotti proceeded to Ha-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne) to the scene of nocturnal damage.
Because this outbreak of violence provides a chance for the right to express its stubbornness on issues of authority and order, which are viewed as the head of state's weak spot.
Mr. Chenu believes that Emmanuel Macron "seems completely overwhelmed" and that he "did not take the gravity of the situation into account."
"You must, Elisabeth Borne, restore order without trembling," said LR deputies' leader Olivier Marleix on Twitter.
The right was outraged by Emmanuel Macron's initial words, in which he called the circumstances of the young driver's death "inexcusable" and "inexplicable."
For Eric Ciotti, the words "probably premature" come to mind. Jordan Bardella said that the president had "stepped out of his role" by bringing "discredit to the entire police institution."
But, as with the RN, the most vehement condemnation is directed at the extreme left, which Eric Ciotti accuses of having "a very heavy responsibility" for a "political project of civil war."
"I consider Mr. Mélenchon to be a public danger," Jordan Bardella declared.
The police made 875 arrests between Thursday and Friday night, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
Source: Claire Gallen/AFP/TV5