France mulls state of emergency after Paris riots, won't change policyhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-protests/france-mulls-state-of-emergency-after-paris-riots-wont-change-policy-idUSKBN1O1072Quote
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will consider imposing a state of emergency to prevent a recurrence of France’s worst riots in years, but while it is open to dialogue it will not change course, its spokesman said on Sunday.
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Speaking on BFM TV late on Saturday, Castaner said the authorities had put all security measures in place to forestall disturbances, but that they had faced extremely violent, organized and determined groups.
He did however say the government had made a mistake in how it communicated its plans to move away from oil dependence, the policy which led to fuel tax hikes.
Moving away from reliance on oil is smart. Doing it very gently is even smarter.