France considers new curfews as restrictions quell unrest

{"text":[[{"start":10.68,"text":"Curfews in some French cities could be extended, the country’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said, after restrictions helped keep the peace on Monday night following a weekend in which protests deteriorated into looting and rioting."}],[{"start":23.4,"text":"“The targeted curfews contributed to the calm last night,” Lecornu said on X on Tuesday. “This evening, new curfews will be decided where the situation warrants.”"}],[{"start":34.04,"text":"Curfews were implemented on Monday night in parts of Paris, with similar measures in Lyon. Protests were banned in Marseille, while Nice, Lille, Denain and Douai set curfews for minors in some neighbourhoods."}],[{"start":46.44,"text":"Meanwhile in Italy, which is also still reeling from a weekend of looting in Milan and several other cities, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is expected on Tuesday to approve new measures giving authorities stronger powers to combat violent rioters and to deploy 500 troops to the country’s financial capital."}],[{"start":64.68,"text":"The French government is under pressure to reassert control after inadequate planning led to law enforcement being overwhelmed at the weekend as protests about the high cost of living and education funding splintered into marauding groups of rioters. Thousands of businesses were damaged, ranging from international chains to small independent shops."}],[{"start":83.6,"text":"The violence in France followed weeks of protests led by students and backed by unions that have piled pressure on President Emmanuel Macron and Lecornu’s government as they enter into negotiations with parliament over a budget aimed at reducing the country’s wide public debt."}],[{"start":null,"text":"

"}],[{"start":99.44,"text":"Some 123 people have been incarcerated since the weekend, French justice minister Gérald Darmanin said on Cnews on Tuesday, either in pre-trial detention or because they received arrest warrants. Thousands of others were detained over the weekend."}],[{"start":113.72,"text":"The first court appearances by suspected individuals took place on Monday with some receiving prison sentences but the majority of the hearings are expected in the coming days, he added. Some 50 criminal inquiries led by magistrates, including into a fire that destroyed the mayor’s office in the city of Limoges, are also under way."}],[{"start":139.08,"text":"“I asked [public prosecutors] to be extremely firm, ruthless, with those who attacked police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters, who looted businesses and attacked public buildings,” Darmanin said on Tuesday."}],[{"start":144.36,"text":"Resale platforms have agreed to co-operate with French authorities by reporting content and sharing data that could help identify buyers and sellers of stolen goods."}],[{"start":154.04,"text":"Following a meeting with ministers on Tuesday, the platforms will “intensify moderation” to detect listings of pillaged goods, such as monitoring for abnormally low prices and batches of products or goods with security tags still attached. The platforms will provide detailed reports of their actions to French authorities, with the first one expected within 48 hours."}],[{"start":175.8,"text":"In Italy, police have said that most of the people arrested for looting stores in Milan’s central commercial district were youths — some as young as 12 years old — with no political affiliation and mobilised by social media."}],[{"start":187.88,"text":"“We can’t deliver our cities in the hands of these delinquents,” said Nicola Molteni, a member of Italy’s far-right League party, and undersecretary of state to the Ministry of the Interior. “Security is the precondition for development of the country.”"}],[{"start":202.4,"text":"French markets steadied on Tuesday after a bout of selling in the previous session. Ten-year government bond yields were little changed at 4.92 per cent, having jumped 0.14 percentage points on Monday, one of their worst days this year. Yields rise as prices fall."}],[{"start":219.46,"text":"The Cac 40 stock index, which dropped 1.1 per cent on Monday, was down another 0.3 per cent early on Tuesday, but was slightly outperforming the region-wide Stoxx Europe 600 index. Meanwhile, the euro edged back up 0.2 per cent against the dollar to $1.123."}],[{"start":241.45,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1792490944_4781.mp3"}