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Jean-Didier Berger

1. Follow-up: 217 jailed and 2,700 detained after French riots; Paris extends curfew as Marseille and Lyon ban weekend protests

   Last weekend's French cost-of-living protests turned into riots and looting. CNA, citing AFP, reported the justice minister said on Oct 22 that 2,700 people had been detained since Saturday, more than 1,000 had appeared in court and 217 had been jailed after fast-track trials, half of them with no criminal record and mostly men aged 18 to 25. BBC reported Paris extended a partial curfew around Place de la République and Les Halles until Monday, the Louvre, Musée d'Orsay and Picasso Museum will close on Saturday, and Marseille and Lyon banned all protests this weekend; Interior Minister Jean-Didier Berger said police deployment would be 20% larger than last weekend.

   Oct 23, 2026 Morning