'How Are We Supposed to Recover?': Shopkeepers React to Looting and Destruction Across France
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'How are we supposed to recover?': Shopkeepers react to looting and destruction across France
French shopkeepers are struggling to come to terms with the destruction left by a night of rioting and looting, with some fearing for the future of their businesses and employees.
Sideration, disgust, concern for the future of their trade. In Bordeaux, Paris, Marseille, Grenoble the same words in the mouth of vandalized traders, some denounce the inaction of the law enforcement forces.
After the riots, shopkeepers face nothing: more than 2000 shops were looted or damaged.
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Far from reducing tensions, on Sunday chaos once again reigned in some cities in France. In Paris, lootings were again taking place, although this time they went further. Some individuals raided several housing buildings sowing terror among the neighbors, who tried to chase the violent away by throwing hot water through the windows.
At a time when the executive is under pressure from the opposition, the government is trying to respond to the violence experienced by the traders: "my determination to restore order is total," said Sébastien Lecornu on Monday, October 19. Laurent Frajerman's explanations, sociologist and associate professor of history at Lamartine High School in Paris.
In the aftermath of a new evening of incidents in the capital, traders did not know this Monday, October 19th whether the compensations will allow them to bounce back. Many fear that they will have to put the key under the door.
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