<p>Interior minister Laurent Nuñez should stay to ensure chain of command with police and security forces, says president</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/french-government-crisis-talks-violent-unrest-policing-macron">Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests across France</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>French president Emmanuel Macron has declined interior minister Laurent Nuñez’s offer to resign after widespread riots over the weekend,</strong> despite “failures in anticipation and intelligence” that were deemed to worsen the crisis engulfing the country.</p><p>Macron said <strong>Nuñez should stay to ‌ensure a chain of command is retained within the police and security forces,</strong> and has also asked Nuñez to set up ‌as quickly as possible new approaches to deal with looters, ​the Élysée Palace added, quoted by Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/19/europe-france-protests-riots-macron-ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-sweden-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>