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France Extends Curfews After Peaceful Night
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In Short: France extended curfews in several cities after a calm night following recent protests.
Overnight, France's cities remained calm under curfews imposed after scenes of chaos last weekend, according to ARN News Centre (United Arab Emirates) and Dailysabah (Türkiye).
Groups identified as 'gilets jaunes' (yellow vests) called for scattered protest actions against rising fuel costs, as reported by ARN News Centre (United Arab Emirates) and Dailysabah (Türkiye).
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on social media platform X that targeted curfews contributed to the calm of the night, as noted by ARN News Centre (United Arab Emirates) and Dailysabah (Türkiye).
The calm night provides the government a breather after weeks of protests that have exhausted police and public authorities, as stated by ARN News Centre (United Arab Emirates) and Dailysabah (Türkiye).
France's main student union UNEF pledged to continue protests, citing issues with the education system, as reported by ARN News Centre (United Arab Emirates) and Dailysabah (Türkiye).
France's main labour unions, including the CGT, did not join calls for protests next Saturday, according to ARN News Centre (United Arab Emirates) and Dailysabah (Türkiye).
Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that new curfews will be imposed where necessary, as Prime Minister Lecornu stated. Al Jazeera also quoted Alice Cohen-Morzadec, a spokesperson for the French Student Union, who described the demonstrations as an “outburst” of anger over Macron’s policies.
Channels Television, NewsCord, and Dawn (Pakistan) reported that France will impose new curfews in areas where needed on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Lecornu stated.
Devdiscourse reported that overnight curfews in violence-hit zones of France's biggest cities helped bring respite from the nation's worst unrest in years.
Modern Ghana (Ghana) and Dawn (Pakistan) reported that the government has pledged to restore order and announced partial curfews in cities including Paris, Lyon, Nice, Bordeaux, and Marseille on Monday.
Prime Minister Lecornu said overnight curfews helped keep the night calm in major cities, as reported by NewsCord.
Franceinfo reported that French authorities will impose overnight curfews in four northern communes for two nights following violence and looting during nationwide protests against rising living costs and fuel prices.
What this adds
The calm night provides a temporary reprieve for the government and public authorities, but ongoing protests and calls for action suggest continued unrest.
What's confirmed
- France's cities were calm overnight under curfews imposed after last weekend's scenes of chaos, as protest groups announced a new round of demonstrations next Saturday.
- The yellow vest movement, which has largely calmed down over the past few years, was born in 2018 during Macron's first term over plans to raise petrol taxes.
- "My determination to restore order is absolute."
- Separately, groups identifying themselves as "gilets jaunes" (yellow vests) called for scattered protest actions against spiralling fuel costs.
- "The targeted curfews have contributed to the calm of last night," Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in a post on social media platform X, adding that the measure could be extended "where the situation requires it".
- The calm of the night hands the government a breather after weeks of protests that have exhausted police and public authorities.
- "We carry on," France's main student union UNEF said in a flyer posted on social media, pledging to keep up the pressure on President Emmanuel Macron and his government to fix what students and pupils say is a broken and under-financed education system.
- "There were things that went well, and things that were screwed up," he said.
- France's main labour unions, including the CGT - often the driving force behind large organised demonstrations - did not join the calls for protests next Saturday.
- France will impose new curfews in areas where needed on Tuesday, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said, adding that the measures introduced in several cities the previous day had “helped keep the night calm”.
- Accused of failing to anticipate and contain the street violence, the government has pledged to restore order, and announced partial curfews in cities including Paris, Lyon, Nice, Bordeaux and Marseille on Monday.
What's still developing
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