Shops were looted and public buildings were set ablaze in cities across France over the weekend, as nationwide protests turned violent.
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France’s prime minister said he asked regional authorities to impose partial curfews in some cities after the government admitted police had “lost control” in several places.
The unrest follows weeks of demonstrations by secondary school pupils, rocking the country six months before a crunch presidential election and amid mounting economic pressures.
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