Politics · France · 6 hrs ago
Macron to chair security meeting after weekend violence at protests
French President Emmanuel Macron will chair a security meeting on Thursday with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and intelligence services.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
and follows violence alongside demonstrations on October 17 in several French cities.
The government says officials will review intelligence, preparations and security arrangements for the coming weeks.
They will also examine failures that contributed to the weekend's events.
Macron said violence has no justification in a democracy and described what happened as unacceptable.
The meeting is intended to review the weekend and the measures for the weeks ahead.
French President Emmanuel Macron will chair a security meeting on Thursday, 22 October, following violence alongside demonstrations on 17 October.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and intelligence services will attend.
The meeting will review security and intelligence measures planned for the coming weeks.
The Élysée said it would also examine failures that led to the weekend’s events.
- Who
- French President Emmanuel Macron will chair the meeting. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and intelligence services will attend.
- What
- A security meeting will review intelligence, planning and security measures, and the failures linked to the weekend’s events.
- When
- Thursday, 22 October, from 10:00.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- To review security measures for the coming weeks and examine what led to violence alongside demonstrations on 17 October.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Violence took place alongside demonstrations in several French cities.
The Élysée announced that Macron would chair a security meeting the following morning.
Macron is due to chair the meeting from 10:00 with Lecornu and intelligence services.
- Meeting date
- 22 October
- Meeting time
- 10:00
- Attendees
- Emmanuel Macron, Sébastien Lecornu and intelligence services
- Demonstration date
- 17 October
- Planned review
- Intelligence, anticipation and security measures for the coming weeks
What people are saying
In a democracy, nothing justifies violence.
In several cities across the country, unacceptable things happened last Saturday.
This meeting will review the implementation of intelligence, anticipation and security measures for the coming weeks, while also looking back at the failures that led to the events of last weekend.