France protests: "There's a constant back and forth over who's actually responsible"

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 24 10:38 Issued on: 18/10/2026 - 18:49Modified: 18/10/2026 - 18:53 The government has blamed the violence on hard-left and ultra-left groups, as well as criminals it says instigated the looting. We discuss this with international affairs commentator Matthew-Mary Caruchet and our reporter Antonia Kerrigan. Keywords for this article