MAYOR'S HOME ATTACKED
In Paris, police increased security overnight at the city's famous Champs Elysees avenue after a call on social media to gather there. The street, usually packed with tourists, was lined with security forces carrying out spot checks. Shop facades were boarded up to prevent potential damage.
At least one cafe terrace there was evacuated due to the clashes.
There were sporadic clashes elsewhere in central Paris. Paris police said six public buildings were damaged and five officers wounded overnight. About 315 people were arrested in the city.
In the greater Paris region, the home of the conservative mayor of L'Hay-les-Roses was ram-raided, and his wife and one of his children were injured as they escaped. The local prosecutor said an investigation into attempted murder had been opened.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne visited the area on Sunday to renew the call for an end to the "unacceptable" violence.
There was also unrest in the Mediterranean city of Nice and Strasbourg in the east.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday around 10 malls had been attacked and looted in the wave of unrest. He said more than 200 supermarkets had been attacked, around 15 of which had been burned down, with tobacconists, banks, fashion stores, sports shops and fast food outlets also being targeted.
Since the unrest erupted, Macron - re-elected in 2022 - has been forced to postpone his trip to Germany and leave an EU summit early. He has called on social media platforms to cooperate with the authorities to help identify those who "promote violence".
While he faced down widespread union-led protests this year over a deeply unpopular increase in the pension age that left his ratings in tatters, a concerted and lengthy uprising from the streets, like the Yellow Vest protests over high fuel prices, would pose a new challenge.
Yann Wernert, of the Jacques Delors Institute think-tank in Berlin, said the postponed visit highlighted the unrest's impact on Macron's ability to conduct foreign policy.
"The state visit can be made up for later, but the violent protests and the reactions to them also show how charged the political mood in France is at the moment," he said.
On Sunday, the grandmother of Nahel issued a plea for calm, telling people to "stop and do not riot".
"I tell the people who are rioting this: Do not smash windows, attack schools or buses. Stop! It's the mums who are taking the bus, it's the mums who walk outside," Nadia told BFM television.
GERMAN LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY SITUATION
Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz also said on Sunday he was following riots in France "with concern", a day after Macron postponed a state visit to his country over the violence.
France is a "friendly neighbouring country" and Paris and Berlin together "make sure that the European Union, which is so important to our common future, works well," Scholz told broadcaster ARD in an interview.
"That is why we are of course looking at (the riots) with concern, and I very much hope, and I am certainly convinced, that the French president will find ways to ensure that this situation improves quickly."
The state visit had been seen as an opportunity to reinvigorate the relationship between the two EU giants. Macron had been scheduled to cross the breadth of the country from west to east on a three-day visit.
It would have marked the first state visit by a French president to Germany since 2000, when Jacques Chirac travelled to Berlin.
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