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World · 14 d ago

Monument to the Republic, Place de la République, Paris

France riots: curfews extended as parliament agrees to an inquiry

Authorities renewed the curfews for a second night on Tuesday where needed, and Marseille, the country's second city, set one for minors from 10 p.m. local time.

Since the riots

  1. Saturday

    Looting and violence on the margins of protests against the cost of living

  2. Monday

    Curfews in parts of Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice

  3. Tuesday

    Curfews renewed where needed; Marseille sets one for minors

Curfews began on Monday evening in parts of Paris and in Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice, after looting and violence on Saturday.

Palais Bourbon, home of France's National Assembly, Paris

Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Parties in the National Assembly agreed on a commission of inquiry into the violence and into the policing deployed to contain it.

Taken into police custody

2,513 people

Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced 2,513 people taken into custody by Monday evening, and 123 jailed.

Oct

22

Thursday

France

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu meets the political parties on Thursday, and new protests are expected on Saturday.