Commentary: In France, chaos becomes political capital
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated peacefully on Saturday for better living conditions and education. The violence of extreme groups will remain in people's minds. And the government is giving them space for it.
Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in France on Saturday against high living costs and poor learning conditions, largely peacefully. However, violence erupted afterwards, with widespread destruction in Paris, including systematic devastation of entire streets. Riot police faced off against violent youths in areas like the streets around the Place de la Madeleine, while groups destroyed facades, looted shops, and set fires on the big boulevards in the east.
The violence peaked with attacks on the town hall in Marseille and the historic town hall in Limoges, which was set on fire.
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