Faced with an unprecedented wave of street protests and urban riots, the French executive and the prefectures have initiated a drastic security crackdown on the right to demonstrate across the country. According to information reported by HLN, prefectural decrees totally banning marches have hit several major metropolises, notably Lyon and Marseille, while curfew measures and targeted restrictions have been deployed in Bordeaux, Lille, and Limoges. In the latter city, the prefecture imposed a nighttime curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. and banned gatherings of more than ten people, even prohibiting 'the wearing of backpacks or headgear' in certain areas following the fire and partial destruction of the historic city hall during the clashes of the previous weekend. In the capital, the institutional standoff...
Strong divergence in framing regarding protest restrictions in France. Foreign pro-government media (CGTN, Belta) and NDTV highlight the strict administrative ban and Macron's rhetoric accusing the far-left of destabilization, while Le Monde adopts a critical tone by revealing the internal resistance of investigating judges against the public prosecutor's office and the...
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