After the attack of Nice, the spirit of January 11 has fizzled – The World

Le Monde | 16/07/2016 at 10:20 • Updated 16/07/2016 at 14h57 | By David Revault Allonnes

No more truce. With each new attack committed on French soil, the prospect of the sacred union faded a little faster. This, after the deadly attack conducted on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice evening of National Day, even seems to have never prevailed. Far from “the spirit of January 11,” the controversy Fuse, just hours after the carnage. As if the degree of resilience of the political class, in tune with that of the opinion, and its ability to resist the lure of political exploitation retreated every terrorist attack.

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Friday, July 15 at dawn, right-wing opposition, starting with the main candidates for the primary , started without waiting for the trial to government accountability. Announced overnight by François Hollande, who had yet raised his lift in his interview of July 14, the new three-month extension of the state of emergency will be discussed on 19 by the Cabinet before being submitted to Parliament the next day. It has certainly been supported by his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy. But it also demanded that the state of emergency is “full use ” to protect French

The tone will prove even tougher to François Fillon. “When you are at war, the country is protected. Yesterday, we wanted to stop the state of emergency. One wonders why and what are the elements that could [t] explain “, said the former prime minister.

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Just as firm in his criticism, Alain Juppé said that “if all means were taken, the tragedy would not have happened” . “Of course to do more, to do better , said the mayor of Bordeaux. First regarding our intelligence services. “ As for Jean-Francois Cope, he says: ” Enough! The war in France, it finally assume, “ writes on his blog the member for Seine-et-Marne and mayor of Meaux. The government “has absolutely not taken the measure of the magnitude of the threat” , he says.

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ignoring multiple security devices adopted since the attacks of January 2015 other right-wing personalities competed extreme proposals. Downright wacky. “There must be a truck stop that does not respond to the summons , said MP Henri Guaino (Republicans, Yvelines) . (…) Just put at the entrance to the Promenade des Anglais with a military rocket launcher and it will stop the truck . “

His colleague Frédéric Lefebvre (Republicans, French outside of France), he even advocated the establishment of the state of siege, triggered for the last time in France in 1939. It called ” the application of Article 36 of the Constitution and the transfer to the Minister of Defence and the military authorities of our civil security ‘. As for the member Jacques Myard (Republicans, Yvelines), it advocates, among others, “to expel all of radicalization way in binational” and “apply throughout the national territory the headscarf ban. “

on the far right, Marine Le Pen, president of the National Front, appeared to refer the Government to its bellicose statements last November, including the state “war” “the war against the scourge of Islamic fundamentalism has not started, it is urgent now to declare. “

Faced with this flood of defendants and the political storm that rumbles, the executive duo attempted to close ranks. And stabilize a debate ground became increasingly slippery. “We wanted to achieve the unity of the French nation , pleaded Manuel Valls leaving the defense council convened Friday morning at the Elysee . So the only dignified response, responsible for France, will be one that will remain true to the spirit of 14 July, that is to say, that of a France united and gathered around its values. And we will block, the only requirement that is worth today. “

Later, the” 20 hours “of France 2, the Prime Minister has again responded to criticism of part of the right against the executive: “All the controversies that divide are sterile , has he told . I’m tired that call into question, not the Prime Minister or the Minister of Interior, but the security forces, police, intelligence services . A presidential campaign is not worth dividing the country. “ To support this attempt to restore national unity, President of the Republic decreed national mourning Friday morning three days (Saturday to Monday) and the half-masting flags.

Francois Hollande, who visited Friday in Nice for a visit of the departmental operational center of the Alpes-Maritimes and the Pasteur university hospital, wanted to defend the actions of his government. He has, he says, made “all necessary means”.

“We are still faced with the threat” , stressed the head of state. Hollande spoke “a long struggle” “requires a lot of composure and lucidity on the part of those who make decisions” . The president was to preside Saturday a small council of security and defense, and gather in the wake the government at the Elysée. He called for calm and “a certain requirement, height of view about what it feels like people – anger, hatred.”

what the PS first secretary Jean-Christophe Cambadélis resulted in more political terms, calling for “remain united” and judging “unworthy polemics hoping to gain on the back of dead and the anger of French . ” It is not certain that given the political tension observed within 24 hours after the attack, these calls for calm are followed up. This bodes badly the climate and the ensuing escalation, if by chance an attack intervened during the future presidential campaign.