France: after 1,800 arrests, Emmanuel Macron vows firmness against "seditious" groups

South Africa

5 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

Pretoria is measuring the fragility of a Macron at the end of his term, pressed by the streets and by the presidential deadline in six months, more than the social dimension of the demands.

Algeria

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Algiers describes a France plagued by urban chaos: the Algerian press highlights the anger over the high cost of living and devastated cities, more than the response of the executive.

Germany

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4 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Berlin is first assessing the extent of the damage and the response from Paris: the German press is detailing the looting, arrests, and firmness promised by Macron, with fears of a "Flächenbrand".

Argentina

4 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Buenos Aires stands out on the ground of order: the Argentine press is mainly following the balance of looting and arrests, and Macron's promise of an "implacable" response, before social demands.

Australia

5 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

Australia is gauging the cost of these riots for a Macron at the end of his term: a promised firmness, without exceptional measures, six months from a presidential election.

Bangladesh

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Dhaka is watching the devastated French streets and the anger over the high cost of living, as it releases the tally before Emmanuel Macron's security response.

Belgium

2 SOURCES

Political Reception and Social Issue · 8 of 43 countries

Brussels is dissecting the political reception of Macron's speech: a firmness speech without a social response, deemed insufficient by the French political class six months ahead of the presidential election.

Brazil

5 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Brasilia is tallying the damage from a night of riots and is particularly focused on Macron's law and order response, the record arrests, and the devastated cities, more so than the social anger that sparked the movement.

Canada

3 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Canada first notes the public order assessment of Saturday: arrests, looted businesses, the city hall of Limoges collapsed, then the firmness promised by Macron.

Chile

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Santiago is particularly focused on Macron's response: the promised firmness against the "extreme left-wing groups", with figures of detainees and injured police officers at the forefront.

Colombia

3 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

Bogotá is weighing Macron's firmness six months ahead of the presidential election: the Colombian press sees a power under pressure, between unprecedented riots and rivals seizing the chaos.

South Korea

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Seoul describes riots of an unprecedented scale in decades, distinguishing between the peaceful masses and violent groups, and focusing on the tally of arrests and injuries.

Ecuador

4 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Quito is particularly mindful of the public order balance sheet: arrests, injured police officers, looted businesses, and the town hall of Limoges destroyed, with a Macron who promises sanctions.

Spain

3 SOURCES

Political Reception and Social Issue · 8 of 43 countries

Madrid is interpreting Macron's speech as a law-and-order response with no social component: the Spanish press is highlighting the lack of measures to address the high cost of living and recalling the Yellow Vests of 2018.

Estonia

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Tallinn sees the French riots as a social anger born in high schools and degenerating into violence, tallying arrests and damage more than it comments on the executive's response.

United States

5 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

The United States capital views the French unrest as a political test for Macron, between a record on public order and criticism of his social conduct and silence.

France

incl. 1 state outlet

5 SOURCES

Political Reception and Social Issue · 8 of 43 countries

Paris differs on the political scope of the speech: in the face of the violence of October 17, the press notes firmness without a social response, contested even within the presidential camp.

Ghana

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Accra first notes a social anger over the high cost of living, drowned out by images of smashed store windows, looting and more than 1,000 arrests in France.

India

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

New Delhi first recalls the images of luxury store looting and smashed windows, and treats the crisis as a spectacular street disorder, with Donald Trump as a commentator.

Israel

3 SOURCES

Echo of Donald Trump's Reaction · 3 of 43 countries

Jerusalem is particularly mindful of the international echo of the French riots: Donald Trump's phrase, "France is burning", and the attempt to link the crisis to immigration and then to pro-Palestinian militancy, which Haaretz disputes.

Italy

3 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Rome took from Macron's speech the law and order response to a "Francia a ferro e fuoco": record arrests, looted shops, the Limoges town hall set on fire, with social demands relegated to the background.

Lithuania

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Vilnius is tallying the damage and arrests first and foremost: the Lithuanian press is focusing on public order and the economic cost of the French riots, and is reporting Macron's speech without commenting on it.

Malaysia

3 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Kuala Lumpur is particularly mindful of devastated cities and social anger born out of the high cost of living, as reported by AFP and Reuters dispatches that show looting and fires six months ahead of the presidential election.

Mexico

4 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Mexico City first focuses on the security aspect of the French crisis: record arrests, injured police officers, the Limoges city hall set on fire and Lecornu's reading of a "political maneuver".

Nepal

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Kathmandu sees the French riots as an explosion of social anger over the high cost of living, relayed through Reuters dispatches and focused on the balance of destruction.

Nigeria

4 SOURCES

Echo of Donald Trump's Reaction · 3 of 43 countries

Abuja is particularly concerned with the international fallout from the French riots: between the toll of violence and Macron's speech, the Nigerian press highlights Trump's "France is burning!" and the country's image abroad.

Norway

2 SOURCES

Political Reception and Social Issue · 8 of 43 countries

Oslo is measuring the shockwave of a country angry about the high cost of living, a movement that started in high schools and escalated to looting, rather than settling the debate on presidential firmness.

Pakistan

4 SOURCES

Echo of Donald Trump's Reaction · 3 of 43 countries

Islamabad describes a France with devastated streets where anger over the high cost of living, which began with mass marches, has turned into riots that Macron's speech does not resolve.

Peru

4 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Lima first assesses the public order situation: arrests, injured police officers, looted businesses, and the French government's security response following Saturday, October 17.

Philippines

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Manila is particularly mindful of the extent of the violence and the law and order response: devastated cities, numerous arrests, and Emmanuel Macron's promise of firmness, as reported by AFP and Reuters dispatches.

Portugal

4 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Lisbon is particularly focused on the law and order response: a record number of arrests, Emmanuel Macron's promise of sanctions, and Donald Trump's reaction, rather than the social demands.

Qatar

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Political Reception and Social Issue · 8 of 43 countries

Doha sees the French riots as an expression of a social crisis born in high schools and fueled by the high cost of living, which the presidential address does not resolve.

Romania

3 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Bucharest is particularly focused on the public order situation: looting, arrest and injury figures, and then Macron's promise of firmness, as relayed in the official statements.

United Kingdom

3 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

London describes a France in the aftermath of chaos, where a massive and largely peaceful protest against the high cost of living was overshadowed by looting, as Macron promises order without a social response.

Russia

incl. 1 state outlet

4 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

Moscow is calling out a French authority that has been overtaken: its agencies are releasing reports of arrests, damage, and calls for resignation, while Macron's speech is mainly being reported as a promise of order.

Senegal

3 SOURCES

Political Reception and Social Issue · 8 of 43 countries

Dakar describes a France gripped by social anger, where images of looting and the testimony of protesters on repression stand alongside Macron's promise of firmness.

Singapore

2 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Singapore is tallying the damage and arrests in a France plagued by looting, and gauging Macron's law and order response, without a state of emergency or curfew.

Sweden

2 SOURCES

Political Reception and Social Issue · 8 of 43 countries

Stockholm is gauging the French crisis by the yardstick of social anger: school and the cost of living take precedence over the president's rhetoric of firmness.

Switzerland

2 SOURCES

Political Reception and Social Issue · 8 of 43 countries

Bern is deciphering a France that is stunned, where social anger over the high cost of living is combined with a shift of responsibilities between political camps, six months ahead of the presidential election.

Turkey

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

Ankara sees the French riots as a political test for Macron six months ahead of the election, between a record security balance and social demands from high school students and unions.

Ukraine

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

Kyiv sees Macron's speech as a test of domestic power: a president at the end of his term, who targets the far left and promises firmness without addressing social anger.

Uruguay

4 SOURCES

Pressure on Macron Six Months Before the Presidential Election · 9 of 43 countries

Montevideo is measuring the pressure on Emmanuel Macron: chaos described as "unprecedented", 1,800 arrests and a president with no possible successor six months ahead of the presidential election.

Venezuela

3 SOURCES

Public Order and Damage Assessment · 23 of 43 countries

Caracas is particularly mindful of the public order balance sheet: record arrests, looted businesses and quantified damage, along with the firm response from Macron and Lecornu.