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France’s Macron weakened by crisis over police killing: Analysis

Recent riots over Nahel M’s killing after unpopular pension reforms present president with new challenges.

Al Jazeera · Jul 4, 2023

Macron suggests fines for parents of rioters

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron raised the idea of handing out quick-fire fines to the parents of children caught committing vandalism or robberies as part of the government's response to days of rioting.

Bangkok Post · Jul 4, 2023

Watch: Emmanuel Macron meets mayors affected by France riots

Watch as Emmanuel Macron meets mayors affected by riots on Tuesday, 4 July.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Leon Gautier, last surviving French D-day commando, dies at 100

Gautier was one of 177 green berets in the Kieffer unit which stormed the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2023

Mayors across France hold anti-violence rallies as riots begin to ease in wake of shooting of teen

Comes as political row erupts over fundraising for family of officer who killed 17-year-old Nahel – with donations topping €1 million. That is far more than a similar effort for the family of the victim

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

Why social media platforms are being accused of fuelling riots in France

Social media companies like TikTok, Snapchat or Twitter are once again under scrutiny, with many French decision makers saying the platforms are helping fuel widespread riots across France. French President Emmanuel Macron has accused social platforms of encouraging so-called copycat acts of violence in reaction to the fatal police shooting…

France 24 · Jul 3, 2023

Riots in France ease after massive police deployment

Street unrest eased in France overnight after nearly a week of riots and looting touched off by a police officer’s killing of a teenager that underscored serious tensions in the country’s ethnically mixed suburban neighborhoods.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2023

How are the riots in France seen from abroad?

The rioting and looting that has erupted in France following the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel by police at a traffic stop has been widely relayed abroad, but from radically different perspectives.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 3, 2023

How the world reported French riots over shooting of teenage boy

The killing of a 17-year-old boy by police during a traffic stop in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre last week has triggered days of unrest in France. 

The Week · Jul 3, 2023

France's mayors call for mass mobilisation against riots as arrests fall

France's mayors have called on the public and elected officials to gather at town halls nationwide on Monday in a show of mass opposition to violent protests that have rocked the country since last Tuesday following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old at the hands of the police. There were…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 3, 2023