Alliance, the police union, threatens to disrupt the journey of the Olympic flame – Libération

One of the main police unions, influenced by the extreme right, wants to see the financial compensation promised to agents mobilized for the Olympic Games released quickly. Otherwise, they will carry out their threat.

The Alliance police union, marked on the extreme right, ready to disturb public order if it does not win its case. So that the police officers quickly receive bonuses and allowances in compensation for their commitment during the Paris Olympics, Alliance is threatening this Tuesday, April 23, to disrupt the journey of the Olympic flame. The “police officers and all agents of the Ministry of the Interior are taken hostage by Matignon and Bercy who knowingly block all agreements” linked to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, accuses the union in a press release. “Nothing is moving”, “the cup is full!” he thunders. Exasperated, the union members say it outright: “we do not refrain from disrupting the route” of the flame, which is due to arrive on May 8 in Marseille.

Rally in front of Bercy on April 30

Alliance and its partners are planning a warm-up round with a first gathering this Thursday, April 25 at 10 a.m. in Vélizy-Villacoublay (Yvelines), where the “CRS flame” is due to arrive, named after a sporting challenge organized in recent weeks by this body of the national police. If this “warning shot” is not enough, warns the union, “other actions will be taken”. The other main police union, Un1té (formerly SGP Police Unit), for its part preferred to call for a rally in front of the Ministry of Finance, Tuesday April 30, to directly ask Bruno Le Maire to release the funds allocated to them. dedicated.

At the end of January, Gérald Darmanin announced the creation of an exceptional bonus, of up to 1,900 euros for police officers and gendarmes working in Ile-de-France, paid by the State in compensation for the mobilization of the forces of the order during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be held from July 26 to August 11 and from August 28 to September 8 respectively. To this bonus is added compensation of 50 euros per night for all police officers sent for at least five days on security missions or in connection with the 2024 Olympics.