Paris – France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting.
The convulsion, which officials described as of extraordinary intensity, raised the stakes for President Emmanuel Macron, who is in his final months in power before elections to replace him in six months’ time. It followed weeks of student protests that had also turned violent at times.
Around “1,800 people have been arrested and now investigations are under way to identify the perpetrators of these acts so they can be brought to justice,“?Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on X on Sunday.
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