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Macron refuses minister’s resignation after huge protests rock France – Europe live

The Guardian World Monday 19 October 2026, 07:44 UTC By Jakub Krupa 1 min read
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Interior minister Laurent Nuñez should stay to ensure chain of command with police and security forces, says presidentMacron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests across FranceFrench president Emmanuel Macron has declined interior minister Laurent Nuñez’s offer to resign after widespread riots over the weekend, despite “failures in anticipation and intelligence” that were deemed to worsen the crisis engulfing the country. Macron said Nuñez should stay to ‌ensure a chain of...

Interior minister Laurent Nuñez should stay to ensure chain of command with police and security forces, says president

French president Emmanuel Macron has declined interior minister Laurent Nuñez’s offer to resign after widespread riots over the weekend, despite “failures in anticipation and intelligence” that were deemed to worsen the crisis engulfing the country.

Macron said Nuñez should stay to ‌ensure a chain of command is retained within the police and security forces, and has also asked Nuñez to set up ‌as quickly as possible new approaches to deal with looters, ​the Élysée Palace added, quoted by Reuters.

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