Police union condemns CRS deployment to protect Macron family chocolaterie amid nationwide shop raids

In a social-media post, the Alliance Police Nationale union denounced the decision to station six CRS trucks in front of the Jean Trogneux chocolaterie in Amiens, a shop managed by Jean-Baptiste Trogneux, Brigitte Macron’s little-nephew. The union argued that this deployment left police short-handed on the streets while thousands of shops across France were being looted. It demanded clarification on who ordered the protection, the mission’s purpose, and why it seemed to favor a privileged establishment.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez subsequently admitted that police had lost control in certain major cities during the protests. The incident has sparked broader debate over equal protection for all citizens and the allocation of law-enforcement resources.