Tag: riots
Macron calls for crisis meetings after the violent riots
French President Emmanuel Macron calls a meeting with the two speakers of the parliament and mayors from over 220 municipalities, writes Le Monde. This after the violent riots that shook…
Riots: rallies in front of town halls after the attack on the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses
The indignation is unanimous. The violent car-ram attack which targeted the home of the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne), Vincent Jeanbrun, caused a stir on Sunday July 2. The shock caused…
Riots: this violence has nothing to do with politics, it is asocial, amoral and mercantile, by Benjamin Sire
If France – well, a part of France – is on fire before our eyes, it is not only in reaction to an unbearable police blunder, but in particular because…
Riots: What’s next?
Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, talks to the Prime Minister (Twitter) The urban violence shaking the country reveals the weakness of the executive. It has brutally subdued the Yellow Vests…
local elected officials on the front line against urban riots
Several mayors have been targeted during the urban violence. They found themselves on the front line, some not hesitating to face the young rioters directly. Town halls have been barricaded.…
French President Says He Funds Video Games With Millions Of Euros – Now They’re To Blame For Riots
In May 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron boasted on Twitter that France was investing 300 million euros in promoting films and video games. But now games are “poisoning” young people…
Riots: general indignation after the attack on the home of the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses
“Unqualifiable”, “a course crossed”, “a symbol of the Republic” targeted: the messages of support from political leaders to the mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses (Val-de-Marne) and his family have multiplied, this Sunday,…
Elected officials attacked during the riots: “We will not let any violence pass”, promises Elisabeth Borne
Mayors and citizens are invited to gather on Monday on the forecourt of all town halls in France. The latter will sound their sirens, announced this Sunday the president of…
There were riots in France for the fifth night in a row – last night was significantly calmer than the previous ones
Riots and unrest broke out across France after police shot dead a 17-year-old boy of Algerian descent last Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Photos taken yesterday in Paris…
Gavin Mortimer: “The riots are the most dangerous crisis of the Macron presidency”
He is undoubtedly one of the Anglo-Saxon authors who best knows France and its turpitudes. For twelve years, the historian Gavin Mortimer has lived in Paris, from where he observes…