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On Monday, November 6, the mayor of Strasbourg, Catherine Trautmann, denounced the requisition of a bus from the Strasbourg Transport Company (CTS) to transport around fifty protesters arrested on November 5, causing political outrage on the left. She stated that she refuses to have the public transport network associated with this type of operation and that the police must have their own means to ensure their missions. She also questioned the legal basis of this requisition, particularly in the absence of a prior prefectural order. The Strasbourg prosecutor's office clarified that the requisition was made by the judicial police officer in accordance with the provisions of the criminal procedure code regarding flagrante delicto.
The CGT union of the CTS denounced the shameful use of a public tool and emphasized the risk this poses to CTS employees. Since the requisition, insults have been flying, accusations of collaboration with the authorities have been multiplying, and some have even compared this situation to the roundups of World War II.
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