Question 15489 — security of property and people

Summary

Mr. Yoann Gillet draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the recent statements of the Director General of the National Police, in an interview with Le Figaro on May 12, 2026, in which he affirms that there would be no lawless zone in France and presents his security record in a particularly optimistic light. On behalf of the inhabitants of the neighborhoods that he describes as “normal”, the MP intends to confront this speech with the reality on the ground and the evolution of the figures. Regarding drug trafficking, the Director General of the National Police highlighted the destruction of a deal point every thirty minutes, the strengthening of arrests as well as the increase in the fixed criminal fine from 200 to 500 euros for consumers, which he presents as signs of an effective policy in the face of the establishment of cocaine in France. Gold for twenty years, successive governments have displayed the same determination, without the consumption of narcotics continuing to increase. According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, published in 2025 for the year 2024, drug-related offenses have further increased, with an increase of 10% for use and 6% for trafficking, in an upward trend already observed since 2020, with an average annual increase. 16% for usage. Destroying a deal point does not eliminate demand and it often only takes a few hours for a new network to be established nearby. He also draws the Minister's attention to the situation of the police. The Director General of the National Police presented the investment of 118 million euros intended for the renewal of the vehicle fleet, the purchase of 3,000 vehicles additional assets and the construction of the Cayenne police headquarters, announced as operational by the end of 2026, as proof of the attention paid to the police. However, these announcements have not dissipated the unease expressed by those first concerned. Indeed, the police continue to rightly denounce the lack of resources and staff. Furthermore, the Director General expressed the need to modernize the software LRPPN, recognized as aging. This modernization has been announced for several years, while the tool continues to process 3.5 million procedures per year in conditions that many police officers consider demanding. Behind the announcement of a necessary reform therefore hides a very concrete reality: staff forced to work on obsolete tools, to the detriment of their operational efficiency and time spent on the ground. On the rejuvenation of delinquency, the Director General estimated that there was no notable statistical increase in juvenile delinquency. However, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior published in 2024, the average age of those implicated in violence between gangs increased from 17 years in 2023 to 15 years and 9 months in 2024. This development cannot be considered marginal: it reflects the emergence of violence earlier, harsher and more difficult to stem. Many news items constitute and demonstrate particularly shocking illustrations of the security state of the country. Finally, on the explosion of homicide attempts and the brutalization of society, the Minister explained the increase in the most serious violence solely by drug trafficking and the settling of scores between criminal organizations. Gold data from the ministerial statistical service for internal security shows a much broader development: 2,284 victims of attempted homicide in 2017 compared to nearly 4,500 in 2025, while the number of homicides increased from 826 to 982 over the same period. In 2025, physical violence will increase again by 5%, rape and attempted rape by 9% and refusals to comply by 11%. These figures do not only describe clashes between traffickers, but a society increasingly exposed to violence, in the public space as well as in the private sphere. Reducing this development to drug trafficking alone amounts to underplaying the effects of ten years of failing penal policy and the abandonment of entire territories by the State. He therefore asks him on what elements the Director General of the National Police can consider this assessment as positive despite a obvious deterioration of security in France.

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