France Prepares Massive Security Deployment for Saturday After Weekend Riots

Paris and several other cities saw partial curfews on Monday and Tuesday nights as authorities tried to quell the aftershocks of last weekend's protests that left dozens injured and several shops burned—

Bans followed: public gatherings were prohibited on the Champs‑Élysées, near major public buildings and train stations, while petrol cans and fireworks were outlawed until Thursday. Marseille’s police also barred unaccompanied minors from central shopping streets each night through Friday, citing rising street violence—

Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu vowed a "massive" deployment for Saturday, mobilising elite units while maintaining the Operation Sentinelle troops that guard sensitive sites, airports and tourist zones. President Emmanuel Macron warned that authorities would remain "uncompromising" toward agitators from ultra‑left fringe groups, but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency—

The government has also offered interest‑free loans to 3,000 damaged shops, though owners say the reparations fall short of the hundreds of millions needed to rebuild. Crowdfunding has surged, yet the total raised remains only in the low hundreds of thousands of euros—

The immediate next step: a coordinated deployment of police and military units on Saturday, with no emergency powers activated, aims to restore order while protecting commercial and tourist hotspots.