Facing weeks of violent demonstrations and widespread civil unrest, the leader of the French regime Emmanuel Macron has announced that authorities will implement "strong measures" to restore public order. At the same time, the European leader supposedly acknowledged that students carry "legitimate" grievances behind their movement.

Speaking in Marseille, Macron warned that fresh demonstrations planned for the upcoming weekend are "risky" and insisted that protest routes will remain strictly outside city centers. Meanwhile, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez admitted that authorities are bracing for further disturbances as tensions continue to simmer across major urban areas.

The French administration admitted it had "not anticipated at all" the immense scale of the demonstrations, which quickly deteriorated into widespread looting and violent clashes, sparking intense criticism that the state has lost control over the streets. Macron also targeted social media platforms, alleging that these online networks are "damaging democracies" by mobilizing individuals toward locations where criminal acts and attacks take place.

Despite deploying tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and utilizing curfews, Macron claimed he instructed his government, led by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, to address the core social demands of the movement. Officials stated that concrete initiatives regarding education and university admissions will be revealed soon, though they maintained that a strict return to calm remains a mandatory prerequisite for any dialogue.

Source: www.dw.com