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France's new hardline interior minister stirs controversy just days into job

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau brings a new hardline approach to the portfolio. © Bertrand GUAY / AFP

Paris (AFP) – France's new "top cop" – the incoming Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau – has been quick to set out his three priorities: "Order, order ... and order".

The government needs to expand its "legal arsenal" and build more prisons, the 63-year-old said. And "all measures" must be used to bring down immigration.

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