Case Benalla, Macron: "He's not my lover and he has no nuclear codes, but I trusted him"

To mea culpa – "I am faithful to him, if you want a responsible is before you" – and a joke ] with which he has responded to the gossip circulated in recent days with the risk, however, of relighting them: " Alexandre Benalla is not my lover and does not have them nuclear codes . "Thus, according to Corriere della Sera the French president Emmanuel Macron explained to parliamentarians of the majority gathered at the House of the Latin America's version of the case of the 26-year-old former collaborator and bodyguard who beat protesters on May 1 with a helmet police . he had lived history as "a betrayal " by Benalla, who had a luxury apartment in the heart of Paris and a sedan with police equipment. they are looking for a manager, the only responsible is me, "admits Macron." No one, no one among my collaborators or in my closet has ever been protected or subtracted from the rules, laws of the Republic, the law of all citizens. It's me who trusted Alexandre Benalla. It is I who confirmed the sanction . This is not the Republic of Fuses, the Republic of Hate. You can not be a leader only when is sunny . If they want a manager, they are here, in front of you, who come to pick him up.

Admission came at the end of a hot day, with 80% of the French – according to a survey published by BFM -TV – "shocked" for the "day". case and 75% convinced that served a public statement by the head of state, left for days in an embarrbaded silence. "An individual drift can not become a matter of state," said Prime Minister Edward Philippe put on hold during a question period in parliament. Interviewed by the inquiry commission of the National Assembly, Macron's chief of staff (and Benalla superior), Patrick Strzoda declared "badume" his responsibilities.

Legal, ex-Macron security officer investigated acts of violence "collective hysteria " and he says that he will soon "express publicly". But the opposition arises. Republican deputies will present a motion of censure or mistrust against the government, a first since the beginning of the Macron era. "The government failed," says the neo-nollist leader Christian Jacob . Although the chances of approval of the motion seem almost nil, a few days ago, alliances are unthinkable, with the insubordinate France group of the left alternative forum. Jean-Luc Mélenchon row with the right. Meanwhile, in the barometer of "Ipsos Macron loses 4 points of popularity, negative record since September

As a result of the & # 39; mea culpa & # 39; continue hearings at the two National Inquiry & Inquiry Boards on the case. Among others, the directors of the National Gendarmerie and the National Police Richard Lizurey and Eric Morvan and the heads of the security services of the Elysee, commander Éric Bio-Farina and Colonel Lionel Lavergne .