But the calls fell on deaf ears in Nice, with mourners in the Republicans-run city issuing calls for both Valls and Hollande to resign. Political analyst Stephane Rozes pinned the hostility in Nice on the "demagoguery" of a camp within the main opposition party "that led people to believe that you can avoid such terrorist acts". He has also appealed for unity and dismissed the "disgraceful" boos in Nice as the "attitude of a minority". "Everything that should have been done the past 18 months was not done," Sarkozy said in an interview with TF1 television on Sunday. Valls and two ministers attending a ceremony of remembrance endured a humiliating chorus of boos, along with shouts of "Murderers!"

Source: The Local July 18, 2016 16:07 UTC