France's government under pressure after weekend of widespread violence

Europe Politics Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:08:04 GMT Moderate confidence — 70/100

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is holding a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday to assess a weekend of violence and looting across the country, in what were some of the worst scenes of public disorder in modern French history.
On Saturday over half a million mainly peaceful protesters demonstrated against rising living costs and dwindling access to decent public services, including a good state education.
But the protests turned nasty after groups of black-clad, masked activists and vandals appeared.

France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is holding a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday to assess a weekend of violence and looting across the country, in what were some of the worst scenes of public disorder in modern French history.
On Saturday over half a million mainly peaceful protesters demonstrated against rising living costs and dwindling access to decent public services, including a good state education.
But the protests turned nasty after groups of black-clad, masked activists and vandals appeared.

Sources: BBC News