Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after days of unrest and 2,000 arrests across France
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Key context: <p>Ministers, officials and police under pressure over response to protests as government holds crisis talks amid ‘colossal failure of the state’</p><p>The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has criticised “unbridled violence” after one of the most violent days of unrest in years left public buildings burned, hundreds of shops destroyed and looted and more than 2,000 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/protests-france-high-prices-social-security-gilets-jaunes">people arrested in cities across the country</a>.</p><p>“Watching these images, we have all asked ourselves how could French people do this to France?” he said in a televised address.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/french-government-crisis-talks-violent-unrest-policing-macron">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Ministers, officials and police under pressure over response to protests as government holds crisis talks amid ‘colossal failure of the state’The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has criticised “unbridled violence” after one of the most violent days of unrest in years left public buildings burned, hundreds of shops destroyed and looted and more than 2,000 people arrested in cities across the country.“Watching these images, we have all asked ourselves how could French people do this to France?” he said in a televised address. Continue reading...
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