France: Anne Hidalgo in Paris wants a joint police force trained in the fight against hate acts

Anne Hidalgo's list, "Paris en commun", has just unveiled its program for the municipal elections. Among the measures proposed, the creation of a joint municipal police force trained in the fight against racist, anti-Semitic, sexist and LGBTphobic acts.

This Thursday, February 6 at 9:30 am, the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo presented her program and her list "Paris in common" for the municipal elections. Yesterday, she affirmed on her Twitter account her desire to create a municipal police force in Paris. It hopes to reach a workforce of 5,000 officers by 2024. A joint police force, with as many women as men, who would be "  responsible for enforcing the rules of everyday life  " and, she adds, "  trained in the fight against racist, anti-Semitic, sexist and LGBT-phobic acts . "

“  Anne Hidalgo  used to say that Paris is a city of refuge for LGBT people , free to live their sexual orientation and their gender identity there, an open city that respects differences, which allows them to get there to settle, to undertake and to live there ", Yohann Roszéwitch, former president of SOS homophobia and candidate" Paris en commun "in the Paris Center district, tweeted the same day, where the head of the list is Ariel Weil, current mayor of the fourth arrondissement.

On the same day, the LGBT + platform on Anne Hidalgo's list, "Pride in common", organized an exchange around the theme "LGBT + at work: where are we?" », With the ex-president of homophobia SOS Joël Deumier, co-referent of« Pride in common », and Arnaud Ngatacha, head of the municipal list in the ninth arrondissement. "  We will pursue Anne Hidalgo's  proactive policy in this fight: through education, training and visibility in the public space!  »Enthused the latter on Twitter.

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Discover the priorities of Anne Hidalgo and Paris en Commun. Much remains to be done to meet the climatic and social challenges and make Paris an accessible, ecological and united city.

Paris, LGBT + refuge city

• For young people expelled by their parents thanks to the strengthening of support systems.

• For refugees fleeing a country that criminalizes them .

• To age well by promoting an inclusive environment for seniors accommodated or supported.

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