He Offered to Quit. Macron Said Stay.
France's president rejected Laurent Nuñez's resignation while demanding answers about failures in planning and intelligence. Nearly 2,400 arrests and almost 1,000 injured officers have been reported as the government seeks local curfews before another planned day of protests.
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President Emmanuel Macron refused his interior minister's resignation on Monday after violent weekend unrest in France, keeping him responsible for restoring order and explaining failures in the response.
Laurent Nuñez submitted his resignation on Sunday. The Élysée said Macron kept him in office to preserve continuity in the leadership of law enforcement, while demanding transparency about shortcomings in planning and intelligence and new operating methods for security forces.
The Interior Ministry reported nearly 2,400 arrests and almost 1,000 police and gendarmes injured on Saturday, including seven seriously injured officers. The unrest followed weeks of school protests that broadened into demonstrations over living costs and public services.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu asked regional authorities to impose partial, localised curfews in some cities on Monday evening to protect businesses. Yellow Vest representatives, from the protest movement that began over fuel prices in 2018, have called for another day of demonstrations on Saturday, October 24, giving the government little time to change its response.
Macron condemned the "unbridled violence" while distinguishing peaceful protesters raising concerns about living costs and education from those who destroyed and looted property.
The Daily Inference reported earlier on Monday that Macron had recognised peaceful protesters' grievances while ordering stronger protection for buildings and businesses. His decision now leaves the same minister in command, with an explicit instruction to account for what went wrong.
