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‘France shattered’: Macron may impose state of emergency
France’s unrest entered a second day, with barricades burning again in Paris and Lyon’s mayor booed. L’Opinion reports the Élysée is weighing a state of emergency and a curfew, while Trump said migration had “shattered” the country.
France has been gripped by unrest for a second day. Protests against rising prices that began on Saturday turned into clashes again in Paris on Sunday, and the daily L’Opinion reported that Emmanuel Macron and the government were weighing a state of emergency and a curfew. No decision was announced, and the president was expected to speak to the French people in the evening.
Trump: France ‘shattered’
“France is burning! The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country. Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!” U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.
Vice President JD Vance echoed him by posting video of the burning Limoges town hall, saying Western liberals had brought the “Third World” into France without thinking about assimilation. In France, however, the protests are blamed on the high cost of living, the state of schools and cuts to public services.
Paris: gas, fire and fireworks
Protesters gathered again in central Paris on Sunday afternoon, and police responded with tear gas.
Security forces stopped an attempt to build a barricade at Place de la République.
In side streets, demonstrators set rental bikes on fire.
A barricade of burning bikes and overturned trash containers blocked the street in front of police.
Fireworks flew at officers as they advanced.
Looting and strange scenes
A security camera captured the looting of a jewelry store.
In Marseille on Saturday, looters stormed a Hermès boutique.
One rioter who carried off a vacuum cleaner from a shop surprisingly set about sweeping the sidewalk with it.
Lyon: ‘You should be ashamed’
Lyon Mayor Grégory Doucet was met with whistles when he went before reporters to speak about the protests.
A shop owner defending his storefront from rioters demanded that he quit: “Look at the disgrace you’ve caused. Are you proud? You should be ashamed and resign.”
Palestinian flags also flew at the Paris protests.
Two days in numbers
According to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, more than 1,800 people have been detained and over 500 police, gendarmes and firefighters injured. In Paris alone, 855 people were detained. Around 1,500 shops were damaged, with losses estimated in the hundreds of millions of euros. In Limoges, fire engulfed the 1873 town hall.
A demonstrator died of cardiac arrest and a 17-year-old in Saint-Étienne lost a hand. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu postponed a crisis meeting to Monday, and National Assembly Speaker Yaël Braun-Pivet is launching a parliamentary inquiry.
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