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French President Emmanuel Macron “wanted to resolve this issue, as Italy has been asking for years. France, itself hit by terrorism, understands the victims’ absolute need for justice. With this delivery, it also falls within the imperative need to build a Europe of justice, in which mutual trust must be central ”. Thus the Elysée, according to a statement released by Le Monde, regarding the arrest of seven former Italian Red Brigades. The French presidency also specifies that the requests for arrest fall “within the framework of the Mitterand doctrine, because they are crimes of blood”, ie in relation to the commitments of the former French president on former terrorists responsible for violence.