France imposes curfews after weekend violence, but is it too much or too little?

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, October 20: We look at reactions from the French press after President Emmanuel Macron's government announces a curfew in parts of the country. Is it too much or not enough? We also look at what the foreign press from Britain, Germany and the US are saying about the weekend's violence. Meanwhile, the Italian press react to violent looting and destruction of property in Italy as the government there mulls sending in 500 armed troops. French authorities have put curfews in place in certain areas of the country after a weekend of rioting overshadowed protests against the rising cost of living. For the left-wing press, the curfews are excessive. Embattled Interior Minister Laurent Nunez features on the front of Libération, the left-wing daily, which headlines disapprovingly "Nunez dans la nasse." La nasse is a reference to the restrictive perimeter imposed on protesters, who cannot come and go as they please. In its editorial, the paper says the weekend's events have announced the end of 10 years of Macron's governance. The daily laments that even the basic maintaining of law and order is now a "complicated thing for the president". The Communist daily L'Humanit...