France weighs night curfews after worst unrest in years

France could face night curfews after its worst weekend of unrest in years, with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu requesting partial curfews nationwide following protests involving up to 800,000 demonstrators. Although hundreds of thousands protested peacefully for urgent reforms, violent groups looted stores, damaged public buildings, and attacked police. Lecornu blamed criminal elements and the ultra-left, leading to a public gathering ban in Marseille and a night curfew in Denain. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen criticized Emmanuel Macron's centrist government as exhausted ahead of next year's election, while far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon accused the prime minister of playing with fire over the crisis.