We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development French PM blames 'ultra-left' groups for weekend riots, promises 'massive' security deployment French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said Tuesday during a session of the National Assembly that authorities would mobilise a "massive" security presence next weekend after organisers announced plans for new protests. Lecornu also accused ultra-left groups of fomenting an "insurrection" leading to the past weekend's riots on the sidelines of nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living and education funding. France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu looks on during a session of questions to the government at the French National Assembly in Paris on October 20, 2026. © Kenzo Tribouillard, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday accused ultra-left radical groups of forging an "insurrectionary plan" that led to violent rioting over the weekend on the sidelines of nationwide protestsover the cost of living.
Read moreLive: French govt plans 'massive' police operation, some military forces for Saturday’s protests Addressing a raucous session of parliament, Lecornu condemned "the planning, in certain locations, of an insurrectionary plan led by far-left and ultra-left fringe groups". He added that the authorities would not tolerate such groups "marching on the Elysée or Matignon", referring to the offices and residences of the president and premier in Paris. Read moreAnger at rising fuel prices bolsters Europe's far right as unrest sweeps France France will deploy some military forces to reinforce police during protests slated for this coming Saturday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.
"We will deploy the Sentinelle force, obviously as a substitute to interior security forces ... mostly to free police and gendarmes in their mission to maintain order," Nunez told the National Assembly. Read more'Like we had a war': France left reeling after nationwide violent protests Lecornu said police deployment for Satuday's demonstrations would be "massive" and that his goal was for an "immediate return to order". Live: French govt plans 'massive' police operation, some military forces for Saturday’s protests France issues curfew for major French cities including Paris, Bordeaux and Nice 1. 1 ## Macron denounces 'unbridled' violence as France hit by new clashes As it happened Europe 2. 2 ## Chaotic scenes as organisers of French protests claim 800,000 have taken to streets As it happened France 3. 3 ## France issues curfew for major French cities including Paris, Bordeaux and Nice As it happened France Includes a video 4. 4 ## Looters seize on massive French protests to raid and vandalise shops France 5. 5 ## 'Like we had a war': France left reeling after nationwide violent protests France 6. 6 ## Macron says 'nothing justifies' violence in protests during address to nation France Includes a video 8 min © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.
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