Events in France: 350 Arrests on Sunday and in the Night in Paris, some 30 Looted Shops
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said curfews will be localized to stop more rioting and looting after more than 2,400 arrests, officials said.
- On Monday, October 19, 2026, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu instructed regional prefects to impose very limited, localized curfews in select cities to prevent further rioting and looting following weekend violence.
- Weekend demonstrations drew over 500,000 people protesting rising living costs and poor school conditions, but descended into violence that resulted in nearly 2,400 arrests and damage to at least 3,000 businesses.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledged that authorities had "lost control" in some major cities on Saturday but offered his resignation; President Emmanuel Macron refused it, citing the need for "continued command of law enforcement."
- Blaming "ultra-left" agitators for the violence, government officials face sharp criticism from far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who described the administration as "exhausted and incapable" ahead of next spring's presidential election.
- Similar demonstrations have erupted in Italy and Belgium, with economic pressures and rising living costs fueling discontent across Europe as France grapples with its worst violence in years.
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Le Journal de MontrealFrench Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced that he had asked the prefects to "trigger a number of curfews" on Monday night.
The Prime Minister of France, Sebastien Lecorne, announced "a large-scale response to the criminals" in the wake of the riots that had engulfed cities from Paris to Lille in the north and Marseille in the south of the country.
France will impose partial curfews in some areas after the weekend protests ended in riots in Paris and other cities, as announced by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, reports Bloomberg online. “It’s about specific acts of crime, looting, and it’s unthinkable that this will continue,” Lecornu told [...] Entry France will impose curfews after the weekend riots was first published in HispanoPost.
Michael Strempel, ARD Paris, on the measures following the protests in France
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