Curfews again decreed for Tuesday evening in several cities, including Paris, Lyon and Marseille

Curfews are being renewed in several cities in France after the weekend's violence. In Paris, it was once again established around the Place de la République and Les Halles, from Tuesday 11 p.m. until Wednesday 6 a.m., according to an order from the police headquarters. Another decree prohibits "any undeclared gathering" from Tuesday 8 p.m. to Wednesday 6 a.m., particularly around the Elysée, the National Assembly, the Senate, the Champs-Elysées, Châtelet, Place Vendôme or train stations. The curfew “continues today and as long as it is necessary”, writes the police headquarters on X, showing a video of certain rounds carried out Monday evening.

In the hyper-center of Lyon, the prefect of Rhône, Etienne Guyot, renewed the curfew from Tuesday 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. Wednesday, estimating that this targeted measure had “contributed to calm” during the night from Monday to Tuesday. The magistrate decided to renew the measure, as did the ban on gatherings from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., according to a press release.

This choice “allows us to provide a response that combines both security and reassuring and effective protection for traders and residents of the Presqu’île while allowing the continuation of service and business activities in the evening,” says the prefecture. The curfew is in place in an area where more than 150 shops were vandalized, some of which were partially or entirely looted on Saturday. The area concerned includes Place Bellecour, where demonstrators gathered on Saturday and a branch of the tourist office was set on fire and destroyed.

A localized curfew is also established in Marseille "only minors" from 10 p.m. Tuesday evening. The measure will remain in force "for the coming days", said the city's mayor Benoît Payan on “This decision, if it can relieve businesses and facilitate the work of law enforcement, must be accompanied by a sufficient deployment of police forces throughout the city, so that Marseille no longer suffers the acts of violence, breakage and vandalism that we have experienced,” continues Benoît Payan.

"The presence of minors will be prohibited during curfew hours, i.e. from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., until Friday inclusive", in several streets in downtown Marseille as well as near shopping centers, specifies the prefecture in a press release.

In addition to the city center of Marseille, the targeted curfew also concerns sectors of the city of Aubagne and the commercial area of ​​Plan de Campagne, the victim of an attempted looting on Saturday.

Finally, in Toulouse, the prefecture announced the establishment of a curfew from Thursday evening and until Sunday between 11:59 p.m. and 5 a.m. Targeted curfews in certain portions of Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice “contributed” to a return of calm, said Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu. In Bordeaux and Nice, they were already planned for several days. New curfews will be decided "where the situation requires it", added the head of government.