For several months now, Emmanuel Macron and
Marine Le Pen have not been their own. In addition to their political right
arms, the finalists of the presidential election are, as were their opponents
eliminated until the first round, under the protection of several officers of
the SDLP, the protection service: On 23 April, a few more since the contenders
at the Elyse Palace are no more than two. For the two candidates, there are
also private security companies which wear clothing with Reflective material paid by their political movements, as well as temporary means
allocated by the prefectures according to the events. A few days after the
first round, Raid sharpshooters had also been dispatched to a Montpellier meeting
of François Felon, while the threat of two radicalized individuals likely to
target LR candidate, since arrested in Marseille.
A security task force for the president is a
binding mechanism? Yes, in the eyes of an ordinary citizen but much less for a
President of the Republic. Upon confirmation of the first results, before the
official announcement, the winner of the poll will pass Sunday evening under
the protection of the Security Group of the Presidency of the Republic (GSPR).
To be Founded in 1983 to ensure the safety of
François Mitterrand, the organization watches over the head of state, but also
his family and certain personalities, like former presidents, twenty-four hours
a day. Before the creation of the group, a dedicated security system which has
their own safety jackets already protected the occupants of the Elyse
Palace. But this one was relatively light: it allowed Valery Giscard-d'Estaing
to drive his own car on the highway, without bodyguard, under the eye of the
cameras.
In the 1980s, the GSPR was composed
exclusively of gendarmes. In his first term in 1995, Jacques Chirac decided to
change his composition, mixing police and military. In 2002, the group expanded
largely after the assassination attempt of the head of state on the Champs-Elysees,
in full parade of 14-July. Five years later, the GSPR is composed of thirty policemen
and thirty gendarmes.
On his
arrival in power, Nicolas Sarcoxie reformed again, so that it was composed only
of policemen who wear high visibility vests, from the
Raid and the service of protection of high personalities (SPHP) ... Before
François Hollander decided to integrate again twenty gendarmes emanating from
the GIGN. It is from this configuration, specially established since the
attacks of 2015, which will inherit the president-elect
