Sainte-Soline: Laurent Nuñez "Condemnes" but Defends "a Predominantly Proportionate Response" of the Law Enforcement Forces

Liberation

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Contrary to what the Minister of the Interior claims, the hierarchy had been able to know, for more than two years, the content of the videos revealed by "Liberation" and "Mediapart". The authorities preferred to ignore the facts.

lemediatv.fr

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Still Standing on November 6, 2025

franceinfo.fr

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The gendarmes present during the banned demonstration against the megabassine project in Sainte-Soline in March 2023 have multiplied the tense firing of explosive tear gas grenades, although prohibited. This, often at the call of their hierarchy, according to videos of their cameras.

BFM TV

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Asked about the revelations of Liberation and Mediapart regarding the violence of the gendarmes in Sainte-Soline in 2023, the Minister of the Interior "condemns" certain "gestes" and "proposal" of the gendarmes, but assures that the police reacted on that day in a "majorly...

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Following the release of videos showing police violence in Sainte-Soline, members of parliament present at the demonstration are demanding a full investigation and "exemplary" sanctions. But they fear impunity could continue. The videos have shocked the French left. On November 5, the media outlets Mediapart and Libération revealed previously unseen footage filmed by gendarmes' body cameras during the March 25, 2023 demonstration against the meg…

Radio France

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Libération and Mediapart have published videos of the March 25, 2023 banned gathering of environmental activists and violent clashes with mobile gendarmes. The images reveal a disinhibited use of force, encouraged by orders of the hierarchy, prohibited and even dangerous.