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For his first outing as Justice Minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti visited the Fresnes prison. The famous lawyer and newly appointed member of the French government said he was "concerned about freedom, about the conditions of detention and about the working conditions of prison staff". (COMPLETES VIDI1US3E1_EN) SOUNDBITE
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti meets with prison guards' unions the day after two prison officers were killed in an attack on a prison van at a toll booth in Normandy. The unions are calling for "a drastic reduction in prison transport by promoting the use of videoconferencing by judges or their travel to prisons." IMAGES
French Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet says she is "extremely shocked" after the "cowardly, terrorist attack" in the high security prison of Condé-sur-Sarthe, in northwestern France. A prison inmate seriously wounded two guards in a knife attack described as a terrorist incident and was later detained in a police raid. SOUNDBITE
"Putting the leaders of a democratic government on the same level as terrorists who have murdered is a comparison that I find outrageous and offensive," says Gerard Larcher, President of the French Senate, following a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz in Paris. IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe are greeted by Renault CEO Luca de Meo as they arrive at the Renault Group site in Sandouville to tour of the industrial line of the auto maker's plant in Normandy. IMAGES