Overview
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said he will not refer the Auch incident to the IGPN, and the local prosecutor confirmed no inquiry would be opened, meaning the union’s platform complaint will not be pursued.
- Videos showed officers pointing handguns at a tractor driver in Auch; authorities say the brief gun draw met legal standards as police felt threatened, while Coordination Rurale calls the response disproportionate and says it will also approach the prosecutor.
- Rural actions over dermatose nodulaire contagieuse continue in the South-West with some roadblocks and targeted actions, including manure and hay drops, as police intervened to prevent a fresh dumping at La Dépêche du Midi.
- The Paris metro knife case remains under Sûreté régionale des transports for attempted voluntary homicide, with the suspect acknowledging the attacks before custody was lifted for psychiatric reasons and interviews deferred until medically feasible.
- Nuñez acknowledged an administrative ‘dysfunction’ after a French passport was found during a search, with officials confirming the suspect is French by filiation despite earlier treatment under an OQTF following CRA release tied to the 90‑day removal limit and lack of a consular laissez-passer.