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French President Emmanuel Macron has declined Interior Minister Laurent Nunez’s offer to resign after nationwide demonstrations by students protesting educational conditions and groups angry over the high cost of living turned into widespread riots and looting, the Elysee presidential office says.
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office → decline → riots
Macron said Nunez should stay in his position to ensure the chain of command is maintained within the police and security forces and asked the interior minister to establish new methods to deal with looters, the Elysee said in a statement on Monday.
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Elysee → say → Monday
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protests → hit → 4Why
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The president also asked Nunez to “take all necessary steps to ensure transparency over the failures in planning and intelligence that led to the violence”
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that → denounce → violence
, the statement added.
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statement → add → ?
The Ministry of the Interior said more than 2,300 people were arrested and almost 1,000 police and gendarmes injured in protests on Saturday.
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police → say → Saturday
Injuries were also reported among protesters, with one demonstrator’s hand blown off by a police crowd-control grenade.
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hand → report → grenade
The nationwide demonstrations brought together students demanding better conditions in the French education system and residents protesting against the high cost of living and faltering public services.
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demonstrations → bring → living
More than half a million people took part in the protests on Saturday.
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people → take → Saturday
Looting, arson and damage to property occurred in many cities, with masked rioters attacking town halls, police stations and other government buildings.
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rioters → occur → halls
Nunez acknowledged on Monday that police “lost control” during the protests.
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police → acknowledge → protests
“On Saturday in some major cities, you couldn’t look shopkeepers in the eye after hundreds of shops had been looted and tell them we hadn’t lost control,” Nunez said.
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Nunez → look → control
Nunez acknowledged a “lack of anticipation” in the deployment of security forces on Saturday, saying their numbers were insufficient to deal with the large crowds of rioters and looters on the fringes of the demonstrations.
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numbers → acknowledge → demonstrations
He estimated that 60,000 law enforcement personnel were deployed across the country that day.
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personnel → estimate → country
“Given the damage that has been caused, it was only right that I should hand in my resignation,” Nunez said.
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Nunez → give → resignation
Looting continued on Sunday, and Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire said on Monday that about 30 shops had been targeted in the capital the previous day, describing the scenes as “unbearable”.
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shops → continue → scenes
Nunez said about 350 people were arrested in Paris on Sunday and overnight.
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people → say → Sunday
Nationwide, more than 2,330 people were taken into police custody over the weekend, 70 percent of whom were adults, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
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Darmanin → take → whom
The violent weekend demonstrations followed weeks of protests by high school students against overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and underinvestment in education, the biggest youth-led protest movement in the country in recent memory.
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demonstrations → follow → memory