Re-establishment of the penal colony

One century after the Dreyfuss case.

“The French aren’t fooled by those engaging in cheap Trumpism while dreaming of reviving the Count of Monte Cristo’s penal colony in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon,” quipped Édouard Philippe, a former Prime Minister and member of Emmanuel Macron’s party, taking aim at Laurent Wauquiez, a prominent figure from the right-wing Les Républicains party (BFM).

https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/edouard-philippe-n-est-pas-la-pour-defendre-la-purete-de-la-droite-francaise_AD-202505170304.html

This comment comes after Gérald Darmanin, Minister of Justice and member of the same party of Édouard Philippe, proposed establishing a high-security prison in French Guiana for drug traffickers.

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2025/05/18/gerald-darmanin-prevoit-l-ouverture-d-une-prison-de-haute-securite-dans-la-jungle-guyanaise-d-ici-2028_6606599_3224.html