French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced the locations of 238 new gendarmerie brigades to be set up in rural and semi rural areas across the country. Security remains an issue of national concern after urban riots broke out in June following the police killing of a young motorist in the Paris suburbs.
“This is an historic effort,” Macron said as he presented the plan in the south-western town of Tonneins, where he also inaugurated the local barracks alongside Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and gendarmerie director general Christian Rodriguez.
