How France’s far right has capitalized on a weekend of riots, looting and chaos
- Marine Le Pen has used the unrest to cast herself as the voice of reason, order and strict controls on immigration.
- 20, 2026, 11:28 AM EDTIn the streets, rioters looted shops, torched cars and set fire to buildings.
- In the Élysée Palace, outgoing French President Emmanuel Macron confronted the damage to both his nation’s cities and his centrist political project, now in disarray just as it should have been reaching its culmination.
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- Marine Le Pen has used the unrest to cast herself as the voice of reason, order and strict controls on immigration.
- 20, 2026, 11:28 AM EDTIn the streets, rioters looted shops, torched cars and set fire to buildings.
- In the Élysée Palace, outgoing French President Emmanuel Macron confronted the damage to both his nation’s cities and his centrist political project, now in disarray just as it should have been reaching its culmination.
Sources: NBC News