{"id":332215,"date":"2026-10-20T06:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=332215"},"modified":"2026-10-20T06:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:34:36","slug":"2000-shops-looted-or-damaged-across-france-macron-rejects-interior-minister-nunez-resignation-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=332215","title":{"rendered":"2,000 shops looted or damaged across France, Macron rejects Interior Minister N\u00fa\u00f1ez resignation offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Remix News \u2013 Oct 19, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>French Interior Minister Laurent N\u00fa\u00f1ez offered his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron after nationwide protests on Oct. 17 spiraled into some of the worst urban violence and looting France has seen in years. Macron refused the offer, citing the need for uninterrupted command of the security forces amid ongoing fallout from the unrest.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00fa\u00f1ez, speaking on France Inter Monday morning, was direct: \u201cI submitted my resignation because I am responsible for everything that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">&#8220;Je remets ma d\u00e9mission parce que je suis responsable de tout ce qui se passe&#8221; : Laurent Nu\u00f1ez a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 sa d\u00e9mission au pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique qui l&#8217;a refus\u00e9e Le ministre de l&#8217;Int\u00e9rieur est au micro de @Ben_Duhamel dans le 7h50 du 19 octobre 2026 \u27a1\ufe0f\u00a0https:\/\/t.co\/MWEMOE13HA https:\/\/t.co\/lYQMvwmNj3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 France Inter (@franceinter) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/franceinter\/status\/2112075616212402336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged a \u201clack of anticipation\u201d in preparations and said police had \u201clost control\u201d in certain major cities, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/information.tv5monde.com\/international\/je-suis-responsable-les-explications-du-ministre-francais-de-linterieur-apres-le-fiasco-du-17-octobre-et-sa-demission-refusee-2842277\">Le Monde news outlet<\/a>. Forecasts had put expected turnout at around 200,000; the Interior Ministry later counted roughly 550,000 participants nationwide, while the CGT union estimated 800,000. About 60,000 law-enforcement personnel were deployed, yet the scale overwhelmed them in multiple locations.<\/p>\n<p>A second wave of protests is already being called for on Oct. 24 and Oct. 31, with fears of a new wave of violence and unrest.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\uf1eb\uf1f7\uf534 The Great Replacement is driving the French riots, says right-wing politician \u00c9ric Zemmour. &#8220;I believe that what we saw yesterday is the true face of the Great Replacement. It has an appearance: hordes of North African and African barbarians who ransack cities.&#8221; Follow: @RMXnews<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remix News &amp; Views (@RMXnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RMXnews\/status\/2112100050713084177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday demonstrations, called over rising living costs, fuel prices, declining public services, and conditions in schools, began largely peacefully but were overtaken by extreme violence in cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Limoges, and Strasbourg.<\/p>\n<p>Masked groups set fires, attacked public buildings, and looted shops. In Limoges, the historic 19th-century town hall was largely destroyed by arson. In Marseille, protesters breached city hall. Nationwide, authorities reported roughly 1,800 to more than 2,400 arrests and nearly 1,000 injured police and gendarmes. Additional clashes occurred in Paris and Marseille on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mass looting hits France<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>More than 2,000 shops were looted or damaged across the country, with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimating damages in the hundreds of millions of euros.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YtMsTIZQGO\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/france-arab-and-black-youths-make-throat-slitting-gesture-while-spanish-journalist-reports-on-french-riots\/\">France: Arab and Black youths make throat-slitting gesture while Spanish journalist reports on French riots<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carrefour alone saw about 50 stores affected, with repair costs exceeding \u20ac10 million and knock-on effects for employees through reduced hours.<\/p>\n<p>In Paris, the area around Place de la R\u00e9publique and the Marais saw systematic looting of supermarkets, electronics stores, bars, wine shops, gold buyers, and clothing retailers.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\uf1eb\uf1f7\uf534 This is what happened when French people tried to stop the rioters. French Interior Minister Laurent N\u00fa\u00f1ez has now offered his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron after nationwide riots. Macron refused the offer. Follow: @RMXnews https:\/\/t.co\/CCdB254Yma<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remix News &amp; Views (@RMXnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RMXnews\/status\/2112159450601840707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Welt newspaper, one gold-shop owner told reporters, she received a call from a neighboring restaurant worker who had filmed a group of young people breaking in: \u201cThey smashed everything up. They stole things. When I got back, they\u2019d taken everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Nicolas wine store nearby had its windows and entrance smashed, shelves emptied, and champagne cartons and glass left on the floor. Employees of a Marais fashion boutique described the atmosphere as \u201cdystopian,\u201d with tear gas entering the premises. Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gr\u00e9goire later said entire streets had been \u201cmethodically ravaged<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Ceux qui ont cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 faire tomber la R\u00e9publique auront \u00e0 en r\u00e9pondre. https:\/\/t.co\/qtqKUIXPpu<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmmanuelMacron\/status\/2111904110693810595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The \u00c9lys\u00e9e announced Monday that Macron had rejected the resignation \u201cgiven the need for continuous command of the security forces in the current situation.\u201d The government was also reportedly considering declaring a state of emergency. However, N\u00fa\u00f1ez has since stated that the government was \u201cabsolutely not\u201d considering a state of emergency and would continue with existing public-order tools.<\/p>\n<p>The presidency also acknowledged \u201cfailures in anticipation and intelligence-gathering\u201d and directed N\u00fa\u00f1ez to deploy a new doctrine of order maintenance \u201cagainst the rioters\u201d as quickly as possible, while ensuring transparency over the planning shortfalls.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu was scheduled to chair an interministerial crisis unit. Macron himself continued a planned diplomatic tour of Gulf states aimed in part at securing oil and diesel supplies to ease fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/2000-shops-looted-or-damaged-across-france-macron-rejects-interior-minister-nunez-resignation-offer\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They may have started out as protests over the cost of living but they quickly degenerated mass looting, as youths of migrant descent joined in. With right-wing politician \u00c9ric Zemmour, claiming that the \u201cgreat replacement is driving the riots.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":332217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-posts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=332215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332219,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332215\/revisions\/332219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/332217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=332215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=332215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=332215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}