France: ‘localised’ curfews announced after weekend of violence

Home France To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: France: ‘localised’ curfews announced after weekend scenes of violence © Reuters 01:04 Issued on: 19/10/2026 - 18:44Modified: 19/10/2026 - 18:47 Following a weekend of #violence and #looting, the French government has announced localised #curfews, financial support for affected businesses and a tougher judicial response, while keeping the option of a state of emergency on the table. Keywords for this article