{"id":2986,"date":"2026-10-20T10:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T05:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T05:03:49","slug":"france-imposes-curfews-in-parts-of-paris-other-cities-after-weekend-of-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2986","title":{"rendered":"France imposes curfews in parts of Paris, other cities after weekend of riots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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French authorities set curfews in parts of several cities on Monday, including Paris, Lille and Nice, as they faced pressure over security failings after a weekend of riots and looting<\/a> stemming \u200bfrom nationwide anti-government protests.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu had ruled out a blanket curfew in Paris but not a state of emergency, and had said it was more appropriate for now to \u200capply partial and localised curfews.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy determination to restore order is absolute,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

Paris police said they had issued orders barring protests in certain areas of the French capital from 8pm and had issued a curfew around the Place de la R\u00e9publique and Les Halles from 11:00pm. Both would remain in effect until 6am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cA police deployment is in place to ensure strict compliance with these measures,\u201d the police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

A source in Lecornu\u2019s office said a curfew for minors had been set between \u200b8pm and 6am for the next two days in Lille, Douai, Wattignies and Denain with the agreement of the local mayors.<\/p>\n

In Nice, mayor Eric Ciotti said in a video posted online that he had signed \u200ban order installing a curfew for minors in central Nice overnight.<\/p>\n

Marseille banned gatherings and demonstrations. French unions meanwhile called for a new round of strikes and rallies on \u2060November 5.<\/p>\n

The weekend of looting<\/a> and violence between some protesters and police followed weeks of student demonstrations, rocking France six months ahead of its next presidential election<\/a> and highlighting pressures from a weak economy and surging debt.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Minister blames far left<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lecornu \u200bblamed far-left groups for some of France\u2019s worst unrest in years. \u201cThere is, after all, a far-left movement that wants to cause \u2014 we can\u2019t put it any more strongly \u2014 profound unrest in the country in the run-up to the \u200bpresidential election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon urged him to provide evidence. \u201cOtherwise, he should apologise, keep quiet and stop fanning the flames of unrest,\u201d he said on X.<\/p>\n

The Federation of Trade and Retail said almost 3,000 shops had been affected over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cBehind every ransacked shop are business owners, employees and families who have seen years of work and effort wiped out in a matter of hours,\u201d it added, calling for social security and tax relief for affected businesses.<\/p>\n

Lecornu said the government would provide furlough measures \u200bfrom Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Standing before a boarded-up shopfront, Gerard Nouchi, manager of two clothing stores in Marseille, said there weren\u2019t enough police to stop the looters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey trashed everything, broke things, insulted us,\u201d Nouchi said. \u201cIt was like a real tornado.\u201d<\/p>\n

The government \u200bordered platforms selling looted goods to take down announcements and collaborate to prosecute resellers, Junior Digital Minister Anne Le H\u00e9nanff wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Some 2,400 people were arrested, and one protester died from a cardiac arrest on Saturday while nearly 1,000 officers \u200cwere injured, according \u2060to the Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\u2018Left without protection\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

French assets were underperforming<\/a> broader European markets on Monday, though moves were more contained than at some other moments of recent political friction.<\/p>\n

Tensions in President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s fragile government over apparent security shortcomings \u2014 coming as the government needs to pass a budget bill to rein in its finances \u2014 could further unsettle investors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Macron\u2019s office said on Monday he had turned down his Interior Minister Laurent Nunez\u2019s offer to resign, telling him instead to put an end to barricades and looting and be transparent over what Macron called \u201cintelligence and foresight failings\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nunez told reporters that Tuesday evening\u2019s Champions League soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona would go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n

The mayors of Paris, Marseille and \u200bLyon said in a joint op-ed in the newspaper \u200bLib\u00e9ration that they were used to demonstrations and protests.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut \u2060on Saturday \u2026 for the first time, we had the feeling that whole sections of our cities had been left without protection,\u201d said the mayors, all from the centre-left.<\/p>\n

The start of school holidays on Monday may provide relief, but students were staging more gatherings and blockades in some places, including the Louvre gallery and Sciences Po university in \u200bcentral Paris.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Luxury boutiques damaged<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At the weekend, hundreds of thousands took to the streets to protest over what many say are declining and dysfunctional public services.<\/p>\n

At the Place \u200bVend\u00f4me in Paris, home to \u2060luxury hotels and boutiques, most shops were shuttered and surrounded by security guards on Monday.<\/p>\n

The front door of a Dior boutique was smashed, while windows belonging to other luxury brand stores in central Paris, including Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Ralph Lauren and Gucci, were damaged.<\/p>\n

In Marseille, Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille<\/a> said its official store on the city\u2019s historic main avenue had been looted, while a town hall in central France was torched<\/a>.<\/p>\n

France deployed 60,000 police and other security forces on Saturday, \u2060Nunez told France \u200bInter radio, but he acknowledged that was not enough to control violent crowds.<\/p>\n

Cost-of-living issues also drove weekend protests in other European countries including Italy<\/a>, Belgium<\/a> \u200band Albania<\/a>.<\/p>\n

European governments have advised<\/a> citizens travelling to France to avoid large crowds and exercise caution.<\/p>\n

As France was busy cleaning up its streets, Macron arrived in Kuwait for a Gulf trip aimed at securing additional petrol and diesel supplies to bring down pump prices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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