“Your country can ignite at any time”: nights of riots in France shock the EU

2023-06-30 17:18:59

At the late hour of the evening when the first day of meeting of the leaders of the European Union in Brussels ended on Thursday, French cities were ablaze in a third night of violence, this time extending from Marseille to Lille, via Nanterre and Île-de-France. Thus, the jolts of the political earthquake that already constitute, in France, the urban riots triggered by the death of the young Nahel, were felt even in the quiet corridors of the European Council.