Macron refuses interior minister's resignation after French protests

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFrance's interior minister offered to resign after a weekend of riots, and President Macron said no. That is the whole story in one sentence.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo he offered, and the boss declined. That sounds almost polite.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Elysee Palace says Laurent Nunez submitted his resignation and Macron refused it, given the need for continued leadership of law enforcement.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd what did the weekend actually look like?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFrance 24 says at least twenty-four hundred people were arrested, town halls were burned, and hundreds of businesses were looted or damaged.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty-four hundred.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd Nunez says another three hundred fifty were arrested overnight. He blames ultra-left groups for the violence.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhat set it off? Protests don't usually start from nothing.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe protests were over rising prices and declining public services. Anyone who has looked at a grocery receipt lately will follow that part.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhy did the minister say he wanted to go in the first place?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe told France Inter radio he is entirely responsible for what happened. Macron's own reading cites failures in anticipation and intelligence, according to The Guardian.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEntirely responsible, and entirely still employed. I'm calling that a confidence-building exercise.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMacron asked him to make transparent the failures in planning and intelligence. So the man who missed it will explain how it was missed.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWho's pushing the other way?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSome right-wing politicians demanded a state of emergency, and Macron did not declare one, according to the Daily Beirut.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo one side wanted more force, and the other side wants to know why nobody saw it coming.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRoughly, yes. And both can point at the same weekend as proof.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhat happens next?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMacron wants new modes of action against rioters as soon as possible. Nunez says the fundamental question is ensuring this does not happen again.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo, one more time for the sleepy: he tried to quit, got told to stay, and now he has homework.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe minister offered to resign over the riots, and the president kept him on to fix what he says went wrong.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe quit and kept the job. That's the dream.