The head of government admitted that they have asked the social media platforms to act in order to stop the dissemination of violent materials which could provoke further unrest. “But of course we are not going to deprive the French of the Internet because of violence,” he said.

The riots that spread six nights in a row They began after a 17-year-old youth of Algerian origin was shot dead on June 27 by a policeman during a check in the town of Nanterre on the outskirts of Paris.

Bourne recalled that on the worst night of the riots, on Thursday, June 29, there were between 7,000 and 8,000 violentcompared to nearly six million residents of areas that are subject to special policies due to their high levels of disadvantaged populations.

The prime minister once again accused the leader of the leftist La Francia Insumisa, Jean Luc Mélenchon, of “irresponsibility” for failing to denounce the violence, the same attitude she attributed to other leaders of the formation.

“When they say that some buildings shouldn’t be burned, they mean that it’s not serious to do this to others,” he accused, in the same way he criticized the far-right Marine Le Pen for looking for “scapegoats, easy answers.” to riots, due to his criticism of immigration.

Bourne stressed that the government’s response, with 3,700 arrests, a third of which are minors, The 585 immediate trials and 450 detentions show a “very strong response” from the state.

EFE