Violences en France : Macron promet fermeté et "transparence" sur le dispositif sécuritaire, nouvelles tensions à Paris et Lyon
"Shame and anger": Emmanuel Macron promised on Sunday to take a firm stance against those responsible for the violence on the sidelines of Saturday's demonstrations, but also "transparency" on the law enforcement measures, as new tensions erupted in Paris and Lyon.
"We all feel anger and shame tonight," the President of the Republic said in a speech lasting about ten minutes.
He denounced "factious individuals from far-left groups, joined by numerous delinquents," who "engaged in unrestrained violence in our cities." But, "we must never confuse" the demonstrators with "legitimate demands" with "those who destroyed, vandalized, and looted."
The president also promised "transparency" regarding the controversial policing strategy employed on Saturday. He called on "Interior Minister" Laurent Nuñez, whose resignation is being demanded by several opposition leaders, to "learn all the lessons" from the events, saying he expected "clear answers."
In the coming days, prefects, in order to "protect our cities", will be able to "ban" certain gatherings, announced the head of state, who is maintaining his three-day trip planned from Monday to the Gulf.
"A lamentable speech" from a "cowardly and disoriented government," reacted RN president Jordan Bardella. Manuel Bompard of La France Insoumise criticized the speech as "absolutely irresponsible" and failing to address the demands.
The head of state "appears totally overwhelmed", judged his former Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau (LR), who was not followed in his request to declare a state of emergency.
Emmanuel Macron called on "political parties", but also "professional and trade union organizations to condemn unambiguously" the violence and stressed the proximity of the presidential election, in exactly six months.
These acts of violence resulted in 2,397 arrests, with 997 police officers and gendarmes injured, including 7 seriously, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of the Interior.
No announcement regarding these demands (fighting the high cost of living, defending public services, etc.) has been made at this stage by the head of state. However, the Prime Minister announced that he will soon convene political parties, unions, local authorities, and members of parliament in several meetings.
The Place de la République, the epicenter of the Parisian mobilization and Saturday's clashes, was once again the scene of confrontations Sunday afternoon with law enforcement, who used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Shops were also looted in the area, where CRS 8, a unit specializing in combating urban violence, was deployed for the second day in a row.
On Saturday, clashes and looting swept through several cities until late into the night, reigniting the heated debate about the shortcomings of law enforcement, denounced in particular by the mayors of Paris, Marseille and Limoges.
Town halls attacked, shops ransacked, streets littered with debris... In the many cities affected by the violence, the focus was on assessing the damage, desolation, and sometimes anger. Some 7,000 people, including many elected officials, gathered on Sunday in Limoges, where the town hall was devastated by a fire.
Across France, no fewer than 1,500 businesses were targeted on Saturday, according to Alexandre Bompard, president of the Federation of Commerce and Distribution (FCD), who estimated the damage at "several hundred million euros".
Trade Minister Serge Papin will meet on Monday morning with federations representing traders and distributors, hoteliers and restaurateurs, as well as banks and insurance companies.
Accustomed to large mobilizations, the country has already experienced episodes of violence with the yellow vests in 2018-2019, the riots caused by the death of Nahel in 2023 or the demonstrations against the pension reform the same year.
But Saturday, according to some observers, marks a turning point.
A parliamentary commission of inquiry into the violence will be set up to examine the law enforcement strategy, announced the president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance).
Meanwhile, the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) has called for gatherings on Monday in front of town halls to raise the alarm about a "real risk for the entire nation".
The French crisis has not gone unnoticed abroad. "France is burning," wrote US President Donald Trump, claiming that the country was "broken" by immigration.
Commentaires (16)
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La vérité est que les pilleurs, casseurs et autres voleurs sont de ta trempe.
Lakku English mooy leukkalo fuñu munta jem.
English language is the Bridge to every destination.
اللغة الإنجليزية هي الجسر إلى كل وجهة
El idioma inglés es el puente a todo destino.
Abandonnons la langue française comme langue officielle la langue ANGLAISE est le pont pour chaque destination réveillez-vous mes chers compatriotes.
Alors, maintenant on vient le chercher, il pleurniche comme un bébé.
Il s'agit tous simplement d'officialiser une de nos langues et la langue la plus utile actuellement.
Ce qu'on essaie de vous faire comprendre c'est côté linguistique pourquoi continuer à apprendre le français qui n'est plus utile qu'en France, la Wallonie, la Romandie et le Québec par exemple même en France l'anglais est obligatoire à partir du collège maintenant dans certaines écoles primaires sont même bilingues français et anglais.
Alors que dans les pays anglo-saxons (l'Angleterre , États-Unis, Australie, Nouvelle Zealand, Canada sauf le Québec la langue française n'est pas obligatoire mais optionnelle comme les autres langues étrangères tu dois savoir pourquoi ça,
Dans tous les pays du monde l'anglais si ce n'est pas la langue officielle du pays donc est étudié comme la première langue étrangère après la langue du pays.
Bientôt soixante dix ans après les indépendances on essaie même pas à officialiser une de nos langues nationales et après on prend l'anglais comme première langue étrangère comme en Asie, Europe et partout ailleurs.
Mais non fait si comme nous sommes encore une colonie française.
Pourquoi le Vietnam, Cambodge et le Laos ont abandonné le français pour le remplacer avec leurs langues.
Pour ceux qui disent qu'on a plusieurs langues nationales combien de langues officielles certains pays comme l'Inde ont.
Le mindset Africain est toujours colonisé.
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