# France’s Macron rejects interior minister’s resignation after violent protests

https://mins.news/en/item/105945

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-19 08:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/frances-macron-declines-ministers-resignation-after-violent-protests?traffic_source=rss

> French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nunez’s offer to resign after weekend protests over education conditions and the cost of living erupted into riots and looting. Nunez said police had “lost control”; more than 2,300 people were arrested and nearly 1,000 police and gendarmes were injured.

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