Mounting anger among police officers has been fuelled by a range of issues, including discontent around the special police duty allowance (ISSP), their "risk bonus", which has not gone up since 2019, Euronews reports.
Thousands of French police officers took to the streets of Paris to protest against their working conditions on Tuesday. The protest — led by the Alliance Police Nationale union — began at the Champs-Élysées and culminated at the National Assembly.
After the march, union representatives headed to the Interior Ministry to share their grievances — they subsequently told reporters that the meeting showed positive signs authorities were taking their grievances into account.
Mounting anger among police officers has been fuelled by a range of issues: including discontent around the special police duty allowance (ISSP), their "risk bonus", which has not gone up since 2019.
Alongside side this, the Alliance Police Nationale union is also calling for an increase in resources for administrative, technical and scientific staff, as well as action on career progression and staffing levels. The union estimates it requires an additional 300 to 500 million euros a year to meet its needs.
Ahead of the protest, one officer working in Rennes described a situation, which he qualified as "alarming". He condemned staff shortages, equipment problems and the lack of decent pay: "we need equipment, we need manpower, we need recognition in our pay," he said, arguing that working conditions "are getting worse and worse".
