# French MEP Jean-Marc Germain calls public order a ‘big failure of government’

https://mins.news/en/item/110694

- euronews, 2026-10-22 07:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/22/public-order-a-big-failure-of-the-government-says-french-mep-jean-marc-germain

> MEP Jean-Marc Germain says France’s public-order system allows rioters to destroy shops and public buildings. Commenting on protests and violence that gripped France last weekend, he called the scenes a “big failure of government.”

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