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

https://mins.news/en/video/110702

- euronews, 2026-10-22 07:28 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQC6CqO8ock

> Jean-Marc Germain says France’s public-order system “allows rioters to destroy shops and public buildings.” Speaking about protests and violence that affected France last weekend, he described the scenes as a “big failure of government.”

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