Looting theme
Doesn't look in the pictures from France like the French police are driving around in police cars so that we get to see reports like the South African ones where police were busy filling their police car with goods from the stores that were looted.
France in shock: "Never seen such violence before" The French judicial system faces a huge task in identifying and prosecuting those who looted and destroyed in France over the weekend. But how could the protests become so violent? Watch the segment on SVT News.
After the protests in France – ministers in crisis meeting. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is set to hold a meeting today with the interministerial crisis group.
France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered to resign over the weekend. This comes after left-wing parties demanded his resignation following the violent riots that hit cities across France over the weekend. But the president is reported to have already rejected the request, the Élysée Palace says. "The country needs continuous leadership for the security forces in the current situation," is Macron's reasoning for the decision to refuse.
Macron is also said to have asked Nuñez to introduce new strategies to "deal with looters." Check out the segment on SVT Nyheter.