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French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has been criticised for "undermining republican values" after supporting comments that officers under investigation should be treated differently when brought before the courts.

French President Emmanuel Macron has declined to condemn the country’s top police chiefs for appearing to suggest officers were above the law, seeking to stave off unrest among security forces wearied by repeated bouts of street violence. Critics, however, lament a missed opportunity to reassert the state’s authority over an…

Recent riots have cast a shadow over France's Bastille Day national holiday, with an "exceptionnal" large-scale security operation planned for 13 and 14 July. In total, some 130,000 law enforcement officers will be mobilised over the weekend.

French authorities have launched an investigation into the death of a man who may have been killed by a police rubber bullet during protests in Marseille. It comes as France counts the cost of its most intense urban violence in nearly two decades.

The events that have shaken France since the June 27 death of young Nahel M., shot by the police during a traffic stop, come during the “100 days” of appeasement announced on April 17 by President Emmanual Macron after his government forced through his controversial pension-reform law.

Since the 2018 gilets jaunes crisis, the French president seems to have accepted brutal police tactics. Is it fear or indifference? says Paris-based journalist Pauline Bock

Grandmother of Nahel M makes plea as 45,000 police and gendarmes deployed in fifth night of rioting

Night-time bus and tram services suspended, curfews imposed in response to violent protests.

Fourth night of demonstrations sees 45,000 police deployed as authorities claim the situation is calmer

More than 400 arrests were made in a fifth night of rioting around the country. Nahel M.'s killing is a rallying call, similar to how George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis sparked intense protests.

When police are placed under investigation for firing their weapons in non-compliance cases, top government officials in France tend to defend the officers. But with the death of Nahel M., who was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Tuesday, they have flipped the script. President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister…