minister laurence boone, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. why have the authorities decided to ban the use of fireworks during the july 14th bastille day celebrations this year? so, you know, after the riots last week, things have calmed down. it has been a huge drama and obviously people were really moved. and there s also been some riot that are absolutely unacceptable. the tension has softened and it s gone away and we think the situation is under control. but usually bastille day is the opportunity of fireworks, celebration and sometimes obviously some incidents. so given how close we are to the time of the riots, it was better to calm things down and avoid this. as well, you know, in some areas of france, there has been drought, and with fireworks, we better be careful. all right. does the government have a clear strategy to deal with this latest crisis? yeah, very much so. i mean, as you know, this is not a french specificity. it happened here in the uk exactly a
when we look specifically at this time, there has been this traumatic event with nahel. but in the three days where 700 policemen and firemen were injured, some of them gravely in hospital, 3,000 arrested, there has not been another terrible incident. all this has left president macron and his government very preoccupied domestically. i mean, we saw him at the end ofjune leave an eu summit in brussels early. it was discussing ukraine. he cancelled a visit to germany, which would have been the first state visit by a french leader in 23 years. we saw the official visit by king charles to france would have been his first one as king also cancelled. i mean, how far are you worried that this is going to lead toa diminution in his standing? it comes after the gilets jaunes in 2018 protests and also the ones that we saw this year about the pension reforms. this german state visit, which has been cancelled,
policemen and firemen were injured, some of them gravely in hospital, 3,000 arrested, there has not been another terrible incident. all this has left president macron and his government very preoccupied domestically. i mean, we saw him at the end ofjune leave an eu summit in brussels early. it was discussing ukraine. he cancelled a visit to germany, which would have been the first state visit by a french leader in 23 years. we saw the official visit by king charles to france would have been his first one as king also cancelled. i mean, how far are you worried that this is going to lead to a diminution in his standing? it comes after the gilets jaunes in 2018 protests and also the ones that we saw this year about the pension reforms. this german state visit, which has been cancelled, i went to participate in the event that the german president had kept following the cancellation.
than before, he says the law is the principal problem, so the solution must be to change it. ijust put to you again, i mean, there s a problem with this law. i would say something. perhaps there has been a rise in violence, perhaps there has been a rise in excess violence as well. i think, this time, when we look specifically at this time, there has been this traumatic event with nahel. but in the three days where 700 policemen and firemen were injured, some of them gravely in hospital, 3,000 arrested, there has not been another terrible incident. all this has left president macron and his government very preoccupied domestically. i mean, we saw him at the end ofjune leave an eu summit in brussels early. it was discussing ukraine. he cancelled a visit to germany, which would have been the first state visit by a french leader in 23 years. we saw the official visit by king charles to france would have been his first one as king also cancelled.