France's Macron declines interior minister's offer to resign
Macron kept Laurent Nuñez in office and ordered new security methods after nationwide protests turned violent, with nearly 2,400 arrests and almost 1,000 injuries, officials said.
- On Monday, President Emmanuel Macron rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nunez's resignation following widespread weekend rioting, acknowledging "failures" in planning and intelligence that sparked the violence.
- Nationwide demonstrations erupted Saturday over rising living costs and faltering public services, with authorities estimating around 550,000 participants while organizers claimed 800,000.
- The Interior Ministry reported 2,397 arrests and 997 security personnel injured, with seven officers sustaining serious injuries as police intervened in Paris and Marseilles on Sunday.
- In a Sunday address, Macron criticized the "unbridled violence," stating "nothing justifies" the destruction while distinguishing peaceful protesters with "legitimate demands" from "factious groups from the ultra-left."
- Macron instructed Nunez to "put in place new operational methods for security forces" and allow local officials to ban certain street gatherings if deemed necessary to prevent further disorder.
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The head of state refused the resignation of the minister of the interior on Sunday. The minister finally recognized on France Inter a "lost control" of the security forces in "some major cities" during the mobilizations of 17 October. The Prime Minister is organising a new crisis cell on Monday morning.
He decides to keep him in his post in the face of the need for "continuous command of the security forces in the current context", as specified by the Palace of the Elysée in a press release.
The French President, Emmanuel McCrone, rejected the resignation of Interior Minister Laurent Núñez, although he acknowledged that there were "failures to pre-empt and gather intelligence" regarding the violence that occurred on the margins of protests over the cost of living last weekend.
‘We lost control’: France riots leave over 2,500 arrested as Macron rejects minister'
Another 350 arrested after renewed Paris looting; Macron admits intelligence failures but refuses his interior minister's resignation as France reels from widespread destruction and nearly 1,000 injured security personnel
Following protests in France over the high cost of living and problems with public services that turned violent, a resignation crisis erupted in the government. President Emmanuel Macron refused to accept the resignation of Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, and it was reported that approximately 2,400 people were detained during the events.
Macron under pressure after France protests leave nearly 1,000 police injured
PARIS, Oct 19 — President Emmanuel Macron, under pressure after violent protests in France, acknowledged on Monday failures in anticipation and intelligence but refused to accept the resignation of his interior minister, the presidential palace said.Some opposition politicians had called for the sacking of Laurent Nunez after demonstrations over the cost of living descended into some of the worst urban violence in France in years.Nearly 2,400 pe…
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