The Minister of the Interior will go to Marseille on Monday, where on Saturday “abuses (were) committed by several thousand ultra-left individuals”, then “joined by delinquents who looted and ransacked numerous businesses”.
“Our traders need an acceleration of compensation procedures as in the case of natural disasters,” writes the president of the Federation of Commerce and Distribution (FCD) in a message published on LinkedIn.
The Association of Mayors of France (AMF) is calling for rallies on Monday "from noon" in front of town halls after the violence observed on the sidelines of the October 17 mobilization. “These serious attacks against democratic institutions constitute a real risk for the entire Nation,” writes the AMF in a press release.
The movement has taken “an unprecedented scale throughout France”, declared the prefect of Rhône, Etienne Guyot. In Paris, local residents lent a hand to the thousand cleaning agents mobilized before dawn to clean the capital's roads.
A protest movement led to a fire in an administrative detention center (CRA) on the sidelines of demonstrations against “the high cost of living” near Lyon on Saturday evening. A fire broke out shortly after 8:00 p.m. hit an open-air block of this CRA located at Saint-Exupéry airport. Six victims suffering from smoke inhalation were taken to hospital.
The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, will propose the creation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the violence and the strategy for maintaining order.
Urban France is requesting a meeting with the Prime Minister after the violence and looting that occurred on Saturday in several cities, notably Limoges where the town hall was set on fire.
The police intervened on Sunday afternoon to disperse an undeclared gathering at Place de la République in Paris, the day after massive violence and looting.
Alexandre Bompard, president of the FCD, estimated on Sunday at 1,500 the number of businesses directly affected in France by the violence of the day before, for a bill of hundreds of millions of euros.
Benjamin Ball, one of the co-organizers of Saturday's mobilization, on Sunday gave his support to the “revolts which are breaking out all over the country”.
The prefect of the North, Bertrand Gaume, admitted a mobilization of an unexpected scale in Lille, requiring an adaptation of the system in real time.
Donald Trump said that “France is burning”, a country “broken” by immigration.
The Bordeaux authorities have invited individuals who witness violence to send their videos to the police in order to help find the perpetrators.
In Limoges, the interior of the town hall, set on fire the day before, is almost 100% destroyed. Civil status services are particularly affected.
Laurent Nuñez reported 2,000 arrests in France on Saturday and specified that more than 600 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters were injured.
The mayor of Strasbourg, Catherine Trautmann, announced the establishment of a listening and legal support unit to support victims of damage.
In Lyon, volunteers helped clean up the devastated streets of the city center, notably at the foot of a completely robbed Sephora store.
The IGPN and the IGGN were seized after a young 17-year-old demonstrator had his hand torn off in Saint-Étienne by a grenade thrown by the police.
The President of the Republic will solemnly address the French at 8:00 p.m. this Sunday. Before that, he will bring together the Prime Minister and the ministers concerned at 5:30 p.m.
The Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, will chair an interministerial crisis unit on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. covering the economy-commerce, insurance and judicial monitoring aspects.
