A city hall employee removes graffiti from the Bartholdi Fountain in Place des Terreaux, in Lyon, two days after riots and looting occurred on the sidelines of nationwide cost-of-living demonstrations. (AFP pic)PARIS: France will impose new curfews where needed on Tuesday, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said, as authorities sought to restore order after weekend demonstrations degenerated into riots.
The eurozone's second-largest economy was rocked on Saturday by some of its worst street violence in recent years, just six months before the country elects a successor to President Emmanuel Macron.
Images of clashes and public buildings set on fire or vandalised circulated around the world, prompting several countries, including the US, China and Germany, to issue travel advisories for their citizens in France.
