Emmanuel Macron castigates “irresponsible behavior that kills”

Four days after the death of three police officers from Roubaix (North) killed in a car accident by a ” drunk driver and under the influence of narcotics », Emmanuel Macron blamed the irresponsible behavior that kills during the national tribute organized on Thursday. He expressed his ” respect ” and his ” affection ” To ” those who serve and protect “. Previously, he had met the families of the police officers killed, decorated with the Legion of Honor posthumously.

The Head of State also lamented that ” too many of our public officials “have been” carried away in the exercise of their mission in recent years » . A way of praising all those who, at their task every day, ostensibly serve the French “. ” You have not only chosen a career, but a commitment said Emmanuel Macron to the police present.

Under the influence of narcotics and alcohol

On Sunday, three police officers aged 24 to 25 died in a collision with a vehicle traveling against the current in Villeneuve-d’Ascq. On board, the driver was driving in a drunken state and under the influence narcotics, according to Lille prosecutor Camille Étienne. A 16-year-old girl, present in the officials’ vehicle, was seriously injured, but her life is no longer in danger. An investigation has been opened.

This accident raised a wave of emotion. Many reactions surfaced. In the Senate, Gerald Darmanin claimed on Wednesday that the driver was a “ assassin “. “This killer (…) – because you have to use the words that matter – killed not only three destinies but injured the entirety of the national police said the Minister of the Interior, who had suggested in February to withdraw the license for people driving under the influence of drugs in a interview at the JDD.

Thursday morning, the Renaissance President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet also spoke out in favor of zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol while driving, on South Radio.