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Macron rejects French interior minister’s resignation after violent protests
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Emmanuel Macron has refused Laurent Nuñez’s resignation after a weekend of protests involving rioting and looting, and has tasked the interior minister with reviewing security planning and intelligence.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez’s resignation after a weekend of violent protests, asking him to review security failures and introduce new procedures for the forces dealing with the unrest. [1]
Nuñez offered to resign on Sunday, the Élysée said. Macron turned him down, citing the need for “continued leadership over law enforcement at this time”, according to a statement from the president’s office. [1]
The Élysée said Macron had also asked Nuñez to take all necessary steps to ensure transparency about shortcomings in planning and intelligence that led to the violence, and to introduce new operational methods for security forces. [1]
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