France Civil Unrest: Looting, Far-Right Rally & Police Violence
France is experiencing a wave of civil unrest with viral videos of looting, a far-right rally defying a curfew in Lyon, and viral police violence footage — all generating hundreds of thousands of views.
What we know
A video of a woman defending her shop from looters went viral with 477K views and 2,178 RTs. Several accounts on X reported hundreds of far-right militants gathering at Place Bellecour in Lyon despite a prefectural ban and curfew, chanting nationalist slogans — 27K likes on the commentary tweet. A police brutality video gained 29K likes and 12.5K RTs under the #ViolencesPolicieres hashtag. An account on X noted French political unrest is adding pressure to European bonds and the euro. Presidential candidate David Lisnard is also facing questions about old tweets from 2010–2011.
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