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France moves to impose curfews as it reels from worst violence in years
Officials said at least 2,400 people were arrested as the government moved to protect businesses and public buildings from further unrest.
- On Monday, French authorities scrambled to contain public discontent as mass cost-of-living demonstrations escalated into widespread violence over the weekend, with protesters blocking the entrance to Paris's iconic Louvre Museum.
- Rising prices, including diesel up nearly 40% since March, fueled economic anger; what began as peaceful student protests last month morphed into violence as masked groups attacked police and looted public buildings.
- Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin reported more than 2,330 people were taken into custody over the weekend, while nearly 1,000 security personnel were injured; chamber of commerce president Alain Di Crescenzo reported damage to over 2,000 shops totaling "hundreds of millions of euros."
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu asked local authorities to impose partial curfews to restore order, while President Emmanuel Macron refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunez's resignation despite acknowledging intelligence failures.
- This unrest positions France in a volatile climate before next year's presidential election, where far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is leading in the polls as Italy and Spain watched developments nervously.
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced that he had asked the prefects to "trigger a number of curfews" on Monday night.
·Montreal, Canada
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Michael Strempel, ARD Paris, on the measures following the protests in France
·Hamburg, Germany
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After the severe riots in protests in France, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has now announced local curfews, which apply initially to Monday night. In the course of the day, further decisions of the local authorities would follow, said Lecornu.
·Vienna, Austria
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