French parliament approves inquiry into October 17 urban violence

The French National Assembly has approved the creation of a parliamentary inquiry commission to investigate urban violence linked to the October 17 protests and the government's criticized crowd-control measures. The decision was made Tuesday by the conference of parliamentary group presidents, following a proposal from Assembly President Yaël Braun-Pivet. The commission will examine violent group methods and potential failures in the security strategy, with powers to summon witnesses and obtain documents under oath. The Senate has separately launched its own information mission on the same events. The violence left thousands of shops ransacked, around 1,000 police injured, and two minors seriously hurt. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation, which President Emmanuel Macron refused.