Protests over the shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M have spilled into the capital’s affluent areas
President Macron has summoned key ministers to a crisis meeting amid calls for him to declare a state of emergency after a third night of rioting across France.
With the violence intensifying despite the deployment of 40,000 officers including elite units across the country, Macron is under growing pressure to suspend some civil rights in an effort to restore order.
He is to chair the French equivalent of a Cobra meeting — the second in two days — as he struggles for a coherent response to what has spiralled into a national crisis and a challenge to his authority.
France riots: Macron to hold crisis meeting as 667 arrested and violence spreads
Emmanuel Macron is to head another crisis meeting of ministers as the French government struggles to contain an escalation of unrest that has spread from housing estates across the country to the centre of major cities after the police shooting of a teenager earlier this week.
A total of 667 people were arrested across France into the early hours of Friday morning, officials said, as violence continued into a third night of riots triggered by the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop.
BREAKING ⚡️ French president Macron asks social media to remove 'most sensitive' rioting content.#FranceRiots pic.twitter.com/bpGoikccqg
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) June 30, 2023
France has fallen…
Police are unable to control the migrant and left-wing riots taking place across the country. French media has surrendered and cannot keep track of the number of towns and cities across the country being looted, set on fire, and destroyed.
Islamic attacks,… pic.twitter.com/s0m4CRLjIL
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) June 30, 2023
Rioters in France burning down the largest public library in the city of Marseille. #FranceRiots pic.twitter.com/OMEUtTiy46
— Paul Golding (@GoldingBF) June 30, 2023
Fdesouche has a lot of video – Nahel: live on the third night of riots
