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The restrictions are part of a state effort to reassert control after the country’s largest riots in years, as those arrested in the unrest face expedited trials.
Ségolène Le StradicParis (France)Lecornu, Sebastien
Sébastien Lecornu suggests more curfews could be introduced to quell unrest after weekend protestsI am also keeping an eye on events in Oslo, where US envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in the last hour for talks with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of Norway and Finland.Norway’s PM Jonas Gahr Støre and Finland’s Alexander Stubb will also join the discussion. Continue reading...
Jakub KrupaEuropeFrance
The interior minister acknowledged that the police were underprepared for the scale of the riots. But Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu defended their efforts and pledged to restore order.
Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le StradicFranceCurfews
Interior minister concedes police ‘lost control’ of weekend protests as PM vows to restore public orderPartial curfews have been issued for a number of French cities, including parts of Paris, after the government admitted police had “lost control” during violent weekend protests around the country.Sébastien Lecornu, the French prime minister, said after an emergency cabinet meeting on Monday he was “fully resolved to restore public order” and had called for “local and partial” curfews if needed. There was “no question” of imposing a full curfew on entire cities, he said. Continue reading...
Jon Henley in ParisFranceEurope
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