Commune of Yvelines, Trappes is regularly at the heart of the news. This city renovated in the 1970s is famous for being that of Jamel Debbouzze, Omar Sy or Nicolas Anelka. But also criticized for being a city under Islamist rule
After a drunken evening, a policeman and one of his friends decided on a kind of punitive expedition in the streets of Trappes. They shot several young people in the city of Merisiers, and on buildings. The two men were taken into custody and the police officer was suspended from duty. There were no victims. Young people tell how the events unfolded. Luc RUDOLPH, Director of the Yvelines Public Security Department, discusses the facts and their cause.
In the city of the Claude Debussy alley in Trappes, life unfolds between weariness, resignation, and feeling of insecurity. People are afraid of young people hanging out in groups in the neighborhood. The images of the city, of young people, alternate with the testimonies of inhabitants on their fear, their desire to leave, their resignation and young people for whom the inhabitants have no reason to be afraid of them.
In Trappes, flagrant irregularities were noted during the municipal elections were annulled and the municipal councillors were suspended by decision of the administrative court of Versailles. The report is an opportunity to discover various images of the city of Trappes: old city centers, housing and cities.
Report in Trappes where two towers of the city of Merisiers will be destroyed before the next rehabilitation of this district. The city authorities have given the reasons for this demolition: degradation, excessive concentration of immigrants and unemployment. Residents give their opinion on this demolition, on their life in the building. Nicole ROLLIN, president of the Société d'Economie mixte, deputy mayor of Trappes, explains that she wants to allow the population of the city to live with dignity.
In Trappes, three buildings of the city of Merisiers will be demolished. Meeting with residents who give their opinion on the city, the buildings, this destruction, and with the interview of Bernard HUGO, Senator Mayor of the city who explains that he wants to restore a social mix so that the inhabitants of these buildings are no longer made up of a majority of population of immigrant origin.