# French Senate debates new ‘rioters pay’ bill

https://mins.news/en/item/118724

- France 24, 2026-10-28 08:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20261028-french-senate-debates-new-rioters-pay-bill

> With thousands of French businesses dealing with the fallout from recent riots, senators are considering a bill that would make both perpetrators and members of their group pay for damage. Critics say collective civil liability could infringe on the democratic right to protest by deterring people afraid of being wrongly implicated.

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