French Home Secretary Bruno Retaileau declared war on drug cartels. Prior to his visit to Marseille, which is facing this problem, he presented an action plan to prevent France from being ‘mexicanised’.
The Minister fears the increasing influence of drug traffickers in France. In an interview with “Le diary du Dimanche” on 6 November, he stated that “in any districts we are observing the beginnings of tiny drug enclaves.” He added that he was afraid of the country's "risk of mexicanisation" due to the expansion of trade in these deadly measures. That is why he wants to fight them, utilizing legislative measures, strengthening border controls and utilizing advanced technologies.
– We will besides set up task forces, which under the prefects will gather many state services to conduct 360-degree inspections in drug trafficking districts – he said in an interview. He explained that task forces would be able to close companies, monitor financial flows and check residence permits.
Retailleau besides wants to set up a peculiar prosecutor's office to combat drug trafficking in the form of a national anti-terrorism office. – Like Islamists, drug traffickers do not know the limits of jurisdiction. It would be a decisive weapon in the fight against organised crime to have a prosecutor at national and even global level, where judges know from the inside of the network and profiles. – considers a politician who besides proposes raising penalties for illegal possession of drugs. This punishment is presently EUR 200 and, after payment within 15 days, falls to EUR 150. If the punishment is not regulated within 45 days, it increases to EUR 450.
"Brussels Signal" points out that Germany has gone in a different direction, adopting in August the most mild penalties for driving under the influence of cannabis.
Retaileau besides intends to more closely control drug suppliers home by Uber drivers. specified "services" are intended to replace street drug trafficking in certain areas. The Minister besides dislikes the creation of supervised injection facilities which pose a threat to the safety of persons in the districts allowing this. specified "services" are available in Paris and north-eastern Strasbourg. They were designed to monitor drug usage and, in practice, encourage drug use, increasingly treated as recreation.
The Retailleau war on drugs besides includes a nationwide PR run aimed at drugs that is to show the havoc they origin in the human body.
The minister said that "care for drug addicts does not mean accepting or justifying everything." It opposes the "culture of excuses of a part of the left, which always tries to turn the guilty into victims". The Minister recalled the form of an highly left-wing MP to the European Parliament, Andy Kerbat, who was caught buying hard drugs in October. He later issued a message explaining that drug usage was due to "personal problems and intellectual fragility". Retaileau considered Kerbat's actions to be “unacceptable”. – As drug trafficking and accompanying force spread in France, it is unbearable to see a Euro MP buying synthetic drugs from a street trafficker. The associate has an work to set an example – commented the politician. Following this event, Tom Van Grieken, leader of the Belgian right-wing Vlaams Belang party, advocated regular drug investigating of politicians.
The French ‘Le Monde’ is not satisfied with the anti-drug programme, inter alia, by linking this issue with migration. However, the paper admits that gang wars are taking place in the country in an expanding number of French cities. As a consequence of shootings, younger people are dying, and drug traffickers now have much more financial and influence, even with prison targets. "There is no uncertainty that France, like another European countries, is facing an unprecedented scale of drugs. Criminal groups are prospering in an illegal market, whose value is estimated at over EUR 3.5 billion, which is an ever-increasing threat to the lives of full districts, public wellness and even democracy," we read.
Sources: brusselssignal.eu / lemonde.fr
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“Fraud”, “must be free of them”, “democracy humiliated”. The French announce a severe rebellion against the fresh "age of macronism"
