The French government will withdraw the law on the police in the form in which it caused violent protests in a number of cities in the country, and will rewrite the controversial points in it. This was announced by the head of the ruling party “Forward, Republic!” Christophe Castaner , reports Reuters .
They intend to change article 24 of the new law: the one that was supposed to strengthen the safety of police officers. It was planned to restrict the sale of the type of fireworks that demonstrators regularly use against police officers, as well as introduce criminal punishment – up to a year in prison and 45 thousand euros in a fine – for publishing personal data of police officers in order to harm them.
“We see that people believe that their right to be informed is under threat. Not everyone understood our bill, and there are doubts not only among journalists and the population, but also among our party majority. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify this point,” – emphasized Castaner. He promised that a new version of the document would be published later.
On November 28, published a video of violent clashes between protesters and police in Paris. It is known that more than 45 people were detained, several dozen policemen were injured from the actions of the demonstrators … Within a few days from the moment when the bill was announced, more than 133 thousand citizens took part in protests throughout the country, more than 46 thousand – in Paris alone.