On 12 October 2009 , Valls expressed " total disagreement " with a proposal by Daniel Vaillant for decriminalisation or legalisation of cannabis . The plan involved depriving traffickers of a source of income . Valls argued , " The question of drugs that produce considerable damage in some neighbourhoods and nourish the underground economy , can not be handled this way . There is a certain number of rules that can not be removed . " Valls said after the 2015 Paris attacks that French society needed a " general mobilisation " against the appeal of " deadly " doctrines . After the 2016 Nice attack Valls said " Times have changed , and France is going to have to live with terrorism , and we must face this together and show our collective sang-froid . France is a great country and a great democracy and we will not allow ourselves to be destabilized . " The comments on the Nice attack provoked criticism in France
2015 Paris attacks
November 2015 Paris attacks
Manuel Valls