Michel Gaudin Quotations

We're seeing a strong decrease in hostile acts.

We're seeing a decline in activity nationwide, with some resistance in the Paris region. The incidents are increasingly isolated, making it easier to clamp down. We cannot yet cry victory.

Today, we don't want an armistice ? we want peace. An armistice is a temporary halt. What we want is definitive peace for the suburbs.

This spread, with a sort of shock wave spreading across the country, shows up in the number of towns affected.

We returned to an almost normal situation in Ile de France.

We are witnessing a sort of shock wave that is spreading across the country.

This weekend we will exercise extra vigilance in the Paris region.

This confirms the downward trend overall, with some resistance in the Paris region. This weekend we will exercise extra vigilance in the Paris region.

There were lots of elements showing a mix, if I can call it that, between Islamic militants and armed robbers.

It spread, like a sort of shock wave across the country.

The intensity of the violence is falling and the number of attacks against public buildings is going down in terms of the damage. Things are quieting less in the provinces than in Paris, with big cities which remain violent including Toulouse, Lyon, and Saint-Etienne.

I hope the fact this news has come out will not hinder our work trying to maintain this difficult contact with the group.

In the context of the period we had between Oct 27 and Nov 21, we could have feared that urban violence would start up again. It was nothing.