- French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has requested partial curfews across France following nationwide weekend unrest involving up to 800,000 demonstrators.
- Although hundreds of thousands protested peacefully for urgent reforms, violent groups looted stores, damaged public buildings and attacked police officers.
- Lecornu attributed the violent clashes to criminal elements and the ultra-left, leading to a ban on public gatherings in Marseille and a night-time curfew in Denain.
- Far-right leader Marine Le Pen severely criticised Emmanuel Macron's centrist government ahead of next year's election, describing it as exhausted and incapable.
- While far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon also condemned the government's handle on the crisis, accusing the prime minister of playing with fire.
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