Interior minister concedes police ‘lost control’, with forces in cities including Paris and Lyon overwhelmed after ‘lack of anticipation’ Europe live – latest updates France’s prime minister has said he has asked regional authorities to impose partial curfews in some cities after the government admitted police had “lost control” in several places during violent weekend protests around the country. Sébastien Lecornu…
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu asked regional authorities to impose "partial curfews" in some cities Monday evening as France reels from two days of unrest that saw town halls burned down and hundreds of businesses looted. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez earlier admitted that police had "lost control" of the protests in several cities, while the Yellow Vest movement called for a new round of protests on Sat…
French students have resumed school blockades on a smaller scale after the autumn break, with 41 schools blockaded, while an attempted-murder investigation is underway over a petrol-bomb attack on police during the third consecutive weekend of nationwide protests.
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France held a third consecutive weekend of nationwide protests involving about 320,000 people and 779 arrests, prosecutors opened an attempted-murder investigation over a petrol-bomb attack on police, and students resumed small-scale school blockades after the autumn break.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu asked regional authorities to impose "partial curfews" in some cities Monday evening as France reels from two days of unrest that saw town halls burned down and hundreds of businesses looted. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez earlier admitted that police had "lost control" of the protests in several cities, while the Yellow Vest movement called for a new round of protests on Sat…
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