{"id":2687852,"date":"2026-10-19T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-authorities-admit-theyve-lost-control-as-severe-violence-from-leftists-sweeps-country\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:07:00","slug":"french-authorities-admit-theyve-lost-control-as-severe-violence-from-leftists-sweeps-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-authorities-admit-theyve-lost-control-as-severe-violence-from-leftists-sweeps-country\/","title":{"rendered":"French Authorities Admit They&#8217;ve &#8216;Lost Control&#8217; as &#8216;Severe Violence&#8217; from Leftists Sweeps Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrench-authorities-admit-theyve-lost-control-as-severe-violence-from-leftists-sweeps-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2687852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leftist riots have resulted in damaged buildings and widespread chaos in France.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities had \u201clost control\u201d in major cities, Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/europe\/france-violence-riots-looting-paris-limoges-curfews-macron-protests-rcna604292?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&#038;taid=6ad5ff41f6d6f300019ee1e4&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Protests drawing crowds topping half a million people have damaged historic buildings, such as the 19th-century town hall in Limoges, and forced the Louvre to close after access was blocked by protesters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 ALERTE INFO !<\/p>\n<p>LA MAIRIE DE LIMOGES S\u2019EST EFFONDR\u00c9E \u00c0 CAUSE DES FLAMMES.<\/p>\n<p>(Images Impact) https:\/\/t.co\/HuGpcrS55W<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Impact (@ImpactMediaFR) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ImpactMediaFR\/status\/2111532450245476805?\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite scenes of severe violence and extensive property damage, no one was killed and that is a miracle,\u201d Prime Minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu said, noting about 3,000 businesses had been damaged.<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,400 people have been arrested, while about 1,000 police officers have been injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe migrants have taken over France. They must CLOSE THE BORDERS, FAST!\u201d President Donald Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/117467289367307836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Bardella, the president of the far-right National Rally party, said that \u201cwe are paying for decades of being soft on crime, of weak authority, of the moral, psychological, and material disarmament of our internal security forces,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/19\/france-far-right-protests-riots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople need to wake up now,\u201d Bardella said. \u201cThey need to make the right political choices, and in any case, we stand ready to restore order in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PARIS LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE THIS MORNING.<\/p>\n<p>Burned-out cars. Debris everywhere. Luxury stores with smashed windows. Monuments tagged. People walking past the wreckage like it\u2019s normal.<\/p>\n<p>This is what walking through the city looks like on October 18th after last night\u2019s \u201cprotests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is what happens when a country imports millions who refuse to assimilate, ignores the crime that follows, and then pretends the resulting chaos is just \u201ceconomic frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It ended with hundreds of shops looted, cars torched, and streets looking like a battlefield. Over 1,800 arrested.<\/p>\n<p>France chose open borders over order. Now its capital looks like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TONY\u2122 (@TONYxTWO) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TONYxTWO\/status\/2111996695613419819?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> As noted by NBC News, the violence erupted after days of anti-government protests over failing schools and rising costs of living.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron blamed \u201ctroublemakers from far-left fringe groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching these images, we all wondered how French people could do this to France,\u201d he remarked in a televised address Sunday. \u201cNothing justifies it, nothing explains it, nothing excuses it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macron added that \u201cthose who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macron \u201clooks like a spectator,\u201d Sylvain Brouard, research director of Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques at Sciences Po in Paris, told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look like he was in control of anything,\u201d he said, noting that the French people expect \u201csolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A striking contrast on the streets of Paris: A couple sits sipping drinks at an outdoor caf\u00e9 as flames burn just steps away.<\/p>\n<p>The moment was captured Saturday near the Arc de Triomphe, on the outskirts of rioting that erupted during demonstrations over rising prices, inequality and public spending.<\/p>\n<p>Video shows the pair continuing their conversation as a burning trash bin lights up the background.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2112163298795835678?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Macron added to the anger by attending a concert on Friday and then heading off to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s probably a source of anger for many of the people that were claiming their frustrations and their deprivations and the need for more money for the higher cost of living,\u201d Brouard said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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