• The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, assured that there had been "an exit to the trap" Monday in Strasbourg.
  • This "trap" took place in the center of Strasbourg, in an alley of the tourist district of the "Petite France", after a rally against the rejection of the motions of censure, followed by a "wild" demonstration that lasted until late in the evening.
  • The LFI deputy of Bas-Rhin Emmanuel Fernandes said he had made a report to the prosecutor's office.

Monday evening was turbulent in Strasbourg with damage on the sidelines of the demonstration against the pension reform. The thugs had then found in front of them the police, for clashes sometimes heavy. With the use of a "trap"?

Questioned at the National Assembly by the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) of Bas-Rhin Emmanuel Fernandes, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, assured that there had been "an exit to the trap". The police then allowed the people "to go out two by two ... after making sure that they were not carrying any dangerous objects, "explained the tenant of the Place Beauvau.



This "trap" took place in the center of Strasbourg, in an alley of the tourist district of the "Petite France", after a rally against the rejection of the motions of censure, followed by a "wild" demonstration that lasted until late in the evening.

According to the account made by Emmanuel Fernandes with several people claiming to have been in this "trap", the alley, wide of "no more than 2.50 meters" and long of "fifty meters" and in which were "a hundred people", "was clearly encircled, blocked on both sides".

Gérald Darmanin evoked "fifty radical elements" who "did not come out" while the police had asked them. "Some of the demonstrators then found themselves" in the alley while the police "were around the block," according to the minister.

A "gassing" denounced

The LFI MP, who denounced "police violence", evoked "videos" proving, according to him, "that on both sides of the street", there was "no possibility of exit [...] for a good fifteen minutes." On one of them, there are many people in a narrow street blocked by the police. Gray smoke floats in the air, insults erupt, and a woman shouts "Must get out!"

The people were "gassed", said Emmanuel Fernandes, according to which "at least two tear gas grenades" were thrown. The policing scheme, which dictates to police officers to offer a permanent possibility of exit in case of encirclement, "has not been respected", he said. "A 22-year-old demonstrator" was taken care of "after a slight discomfort," said Gérald Darmanin, according to which "the return to calm intervened quickly".

  • Pension reform 2023
  • Grand East
  • National Assembly
  • Strasbourg
  • Gerald Darmanin
  • La France Insoumise (LFI)
  • Society
  • Police