Through the windows of Évêché, the historic headquarters of Marseille’s judicial police (Bouches-du-Rhône), we can see the pink evening sky lighting up the Mediterranean. The image is misleading. This Thursday, there is nothing poetic about the lexical field and language elements. His tone sounded defensive. “War,” “narcoterrorism,” “combat,” at every stage of his visit, Laurent Nuñez generally paid attention to supporting his troops while insisting that “much more” must be done to eradicate drug trafficking.
From the city hall to the prefecture via the PJ headquarters, the Minister of the Interior was in territory he was very familiar with, he was the police prefect there ten years ago. He knows the people, the city and all its ills. At that time, the narcotics were already working but they were killing each other. The “tipping point” last week’s murder of Mehdi Kessaci, the brother of anti-drug activist Amine Kessaci, was the reason he returned to Marseille as minister. He is not the only minister to increase the number of meetings and roundtables this Thursday.
