French Justice Minister promises 'extremely firm' punishment for rioters

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: Le garde des Sceaux Gérald Darmanin répondait au questions de TF1 vendredi 19 octobre. © Ludovic Marin, AFP 04:53 Issued on: 20/10/2026 - 16:37 This ​weekend's rioting ​in France highlighted failings in the security ​services' ‌handling of ‌threats posed by looters, said Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin. He promised that rioters would face extremely firm punishment. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley tells us more. Keywords for this article