# Macron rejects interior minister’s resignation as riots expose policing failures

https://mins.news/en/item/106114

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-19 11:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4BdmROv

> French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has directed prefects to impose “very limited” and “localized” curfews in cities to prevent further rioting and looting. Macron rejected the interior minister’s resignation.

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