Macron Keeps Nunez After 2,400 Arrests as France Probes Protest Security Failures
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Updated · DW (English) · Oct 19
Macron Keeps Nunez After 2,400 Arrests as France Probes Protest Security Failures
3 articles · Updated · DW (English) · Oct 19
Summary
Emmanuel Macron rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nunez's resignation after violent cost-of-living protests left nearly 2,400 arrested and almost 1,000 police and gendarmes injured.
Nunez said police had "lost control" and agreed with Macron that authorities failed in anticipation and intelligence, prompting orders for full transparency and new security methods.
500,000 people joined the nationwide mobilization, according to the CGT union, while masked youths looted shops and set property ablaze, including Limoges city hall.
60,000 police and gendarmes had been mobilized nationwide — including 5,000 in Paris — but opposition figures still pressed to blame Nunez as France heads toward a presidential election in six months.