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Police in the Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture banned all gatherings and demonstrations across Marseille from noon to 8 p.m. on Monday after weekend unrest. Nationwide protests on Saturday drew some 550,000 participants demanding relief from fuel prices, inflation and public service cuts, but quickly turned violent. According to the Interior Ministry, 997 police officers and gendarmes were injured and 2,397 people were arrested, and Macron vowed to prosecute those responsible. In Milan, at least four officers and 20 protesters were injured and about 50 people were detained, while clashes also broke out in Brussels and tens of thousands marched in Portugal for affordable housing. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote: “Demonstrating is a right. Setting our cities ablaze is not.”
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French officials considered declaring a state of emergency and local curfews after a weekend of violent riots in many cities, which damaged historic buildings and led to nearly 2,500 arrests. The unrest began as protests by high school students over crumbling schools and grew into nationwide anger over the cost of living and declining public services. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu blamed at least part of the violence on an ultra-left movement aiming to create disorder before the April presidential election, admitted police had lost control, and vowed to restore order, with a national state of emergency possible if needed. More than 500,000 people took to the streets on Saturday, when the unrest peaked, and the Limoges town hall was burned to the ground. President Trump claimed on social media that migrants had taken over France, though French officials have not suggested any such link.
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