'Lame-duck president' Macron notes 'failures' after France unrest

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 président français Emmanuel Macron slors d’une conférence de presse organisée à l’Élysée, le 18 septembre 2026. © AFP, Thomas Samson 06:54 Issued on: 19/10/2026 - 12:53 French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nunez's resignation. The move came in response to weekend protests, during which nearly 2,400 people were arrested and almost 1,000 police and gendarmes injured on Saturday. FRANCE 24's International affairs editor Philip Turle has more. Keywords for this article