Curfews helped calm unrest in French cities after violent riots, as criticism grows over President Macron's Middle East tour during a deepening social and fiscal crisis.
01Summary
- 01Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said Tuesday that curfews contributed to a calm night, with areas of Paris, Lyon, Lille and Nice affected.
- 02Unrest followed weeks of protests over education cuts, living costs and political instability, with hundreds of thousands marching peacefully but some violence erupting.
- 03President Macron faces criticism for a three-day trip to Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain and Qatar, as France's deficit debate intensifies.
- 04French bonds, stocks and the euro sold off on Monday amid rising government borrowing costs and a deficit target of 5% of GDP for 2027.
- 05Political commentators, including Christophe Barbier, accused Macron of abandoning domestic crises while France 'sinks deeper into crisis.'
02Why it matters
This matters because the protests and fiscal strain could destabilise France's economy, affecting European markets and the euro, while the government's borrowing costs rise.
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