French President Emmanuel Macron’s Crisis Response to Protests and Riots in France

2023-06-30 10:50:38

Today, Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron canceled a press conference in Brussels and left the European summit to return to Paris, where he will head a crisis cell regarding the protests that have been taking place in France for days, following the killing of a young man by French police.

Earlier today, Friday, French media reported that President Emmanuel Macron would convene a new crisis meeting following a third night of protests and riots in the French capital.

The BFM TV channel quoted the Elysee as saying that the French president is expected to hold, later today, Friday, a new emergency meeting of the government following riots erupted for the third night in a row across the country in protest of the “killing of Nael” by bullets. police earlier in the week.

The TV channel added that the meeting will take place at 11:00 GMT today, Friday.

impose a state of emergency

In Paris, the French government said it did not rule out imposing a state of emergency to counter violence, while the Elysee said that all necessary decisions would be taken to control security in the country.

French media quoted Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne as commenting on the possibility of imposing a state of emergency due to the protests, saying: “All possibilities are on the table for the return of security in the country.”

Elizabeth Bourne said the emergency cabinet meeting, which Macron had called for later on Friday, would address “all options” to restore order.

“The priority is to ensure national unity, and the only way to do so is to restore order,” Bourne told reporters during a visit to a suburb of Paris.

Injuries among the police and the arrest of hundreds of protesters

Last night, police arrested 667 people across the country following violence broke out in Marseille, Lyon, Pau, Toulouse and Lille in a protest for the third consecutive night over the shooting death of a 17-year-old of Algerian-Moroccan origin by police on Tuesday.

And the French Ministry of the Interior announced that 249 policemen and gendarmes were injured in the riots in France on Thursday night, Friday, once morest the backdrop of the killing of a teenager by a policeman’s bullet in Paris on Tuesday.

The same source stated that the authorities deployed 40,000 members of the security forces throughout France, including 5,000 in Paris. No injuries among the police and gendarmerie were serious.

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United Nations: Events in France an opportunity to address racism

For its part, the United Nations Office for Human Rights today, Friday, expressed its concern regarding the killing of a young man by the French police, an incident that sparked riots across France.

“This is an opportunity for the country to seriously address the deep-seated problems of racism and racial discrimination in law enforcement,” said Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for the bureau.

“We also stress the importance of peaceful assemblies. We call on the authorities to ensure that the police’s use of force in response to violent elements in demonstrations is in accordance with the principles of legality, necessity, proportionality, non-discrimination, precaution and accountability,” she added.

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