Macron rejects French interior minister's resignation after riot failures

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French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez submitted his resignation after weekend riots, but President Emmanuel Macron refused it while acknowledging "failures in anticipation and intelligence." Macron has tasked Nuñez with implementing new police tactics against rioters and ensuring transparency over the intelligence failures. Saturday's violence resulted in nearly 2,400 arrests and about 1,000 injured security personnel. Opposition figures, particularly from the far right, had demanded Nuñez's resignation. Macron addressed the nation Sunday, expressing "anger and shame," while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a crisis meeting Monday covering economic, insurance, and judicial matters.


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