France protests escalate with riots, looting and 2,400 arrests – The Latest

法国抗议升级,发生暴乱、抢劫,逮捕2400人——最新进展

Today in Focus

2026-10-20

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Last weekend there were mass protests across France, with more than half a million people estimated to have been involved. The unrest included rioting, looting and violent clashes with outnumbered police in cities including Paris, Marseille and Limoges. The interior minister conceded that police ‘lost control’ in some cities, while President Emmanuel Macron demanded a full security review. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s Europe correspondent, Jon Henley – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • I think what we saw on Saturday was really an exceptional level of violence, even by French standards.

  • In several towns and cities, there were attacks on those institutional targets.

  • The far right, they are essentially authoritarian.

  • They have promised a ruthless crackdown.

  • If this kind of violence continues,

  • then that's clearly a message that's going to start appealing to more and more French voters.

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  • There have been huge protests and lots of unrest in France over the weekend.

  • John Henley, you're our Europe correspondent.

  • There are estimates that the numbers

  • that turned out are somewhere between half a million and 800,000, according to the organisers.

  • Who came out in such numbers and why?

  • Yes, the Interior Ministry estimate was 550,000, which they weren't expecting.