ParisA curfew starts at 11pm after 2,400 arrests.
Weeks of student protest in France now meet curfews and a demonstration ban.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told prefects to set localised curfews, ruled out a Paris-wide one, and kept a state of emergency open.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon demanded evidence for Lecornu’s claim that radical left groups caused the unrest.
Unions have called nationwide strikes for 5 November.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 350+ reports worldwide
- EXPRESS
- quotes Lecornu blaming the 'ultra-left' and details Marseille's noon-to-8pm gathering ban
- Fox News leans critical
- amplifies Trump's Truth Social post blaming migrants and open borders, and Mélenchon's demand that Lecornu provide evidence
- News18
- gives the precise Paris curfew window (11pm–6am) and quotes Lecornu's 'a miracle' line that no one died, stressing order over blame