Tag: riots
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…
Riots: we are dealing with a disaffected France, by Sylvain Fort
“I hurt my France,” tweeted Kylian Mbappé. It is very likely that we all have, these days, pain in our France. But the more the riots unfold, the more devastation…
Riots in France: Macron postpones his state visit to Germany
After another night of violence and while the funeral of young Nahel, killed on Tuesday June 27 during a police check in Nanterre, takes place this Saturday, Emmanuel Macron has…
in Clichy-sous-Bois, the death of Nahel revives the memory of the riots of 2005
Looting in Marseille, in Saint-Denis, clashes with the police everywhere in France as well, but also in Lyon and Nanterre, the city where the young Nahel lived, killed by a…
The riots in France took a toll – 45,000 police on the streets
In France, an extraordinary number of policemen have been sent to the streets to calm the unrest caused by the shooting incident of a teenage boy. According to the police,…
Riots: what would the implementation of the state of emergency change?
The executive no longer rules out the option of declaring a state of emergency in the country, if the situation continues to flare up in many cities. Three days after…
Riots: Macron denounces an “unacceptable instrumentalization of the death” of Nahel
Emmanuel Macron denounced, this Friday, June 30, “an unacceptable instrumentalization of the death of a teenager” and announced that “additional means” were going to be deployed by the Minister of…