France's Massive Intel Failure Sparks Resignation Offers Amid Days of Rioting - NEW YORK TIMES POST
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"There were failures," admits French official - They estimated that 150,000 people would demonstrate in the region and 80,000 in Paris, while based on official figures, there were 550,000, of which 110,000 in the capital
France's massive intel failure sparks resignation offers amid days of rioting - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! France is confronting a major intelligence failure after authorities badly underestimated the scale of nationwide protests that descended into riots and looting. The days of chaos have prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to order a security review as senior officials acknowledged police “lost control” in several major [...]
The weekend in France was marked by massive demonstrations in several cities of the country and violent looting on Sunday night. Criticism of the government’s management and the police’s failure to act to restore order were not expected from French politicians, who are targeted at the presidential elections.
The French interior minister has offered to resign over the weekend's riots, with authorities admitting they had seriously underestimated the number of protesters. While the government blames the far-left, city leaders are blaming the state for the destruction. The French government is holding an emergency meeting on Monday morning after the weekend's riots. In several major French cities, the military authorities completely lost control of the …
The French Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanen and the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Laurent Nuñez, acknowledged that law enforcement agencies and the Government had been unable to cope with the riots during the weekend. "We certainly failed this weekend," said the Minister of Justice on France 2. According to him, the intelligence services had failed, which meant that the authorities had to find out why the incident had taken place.…
Before Saturday's protests against the high cost of living, France's intelligence services were assuring that October 17th would "not be the big night." Chaos ensued, with the security services blamed for this unprecedented failure. From President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, to the prime minister today and ministers ... More www.ertnews.gr
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