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Nuñez stays on as French interior minister after resignation is rejected
Laurent Nuñez will remain France’s interior minister after the Élysée Palace rejected the resignation he submitted following a day of looting and rioting that overwhelmed police in several cities. He told France Inter he was responsible for everything that happened.
Laurent Nuñez will remain France’s interior minister after the Élysée Palace on Monday rejected the resignation he submitted over the weekend, following a day of looting and rioting that overwhelmed police in several cities.
“Given the need for continuous command of the security forces in the current context, the President of the Republic has refused it,” the Élysée said in a statement.
“I am responsible”
Nuñez told France Inter radio on Monday that he offered to step down “because I am responsible for everything that happens.” He acknowledged that police had lost control in some cities, describing “an asymmetry” between officers and those in the streets, and pledged that authorities would “do everything so that it does not happen again.”
New tactics against rioters
President Emmanuel Macron instructed Nuñez to take every measure needed to bring transparency to the failures of anticipation and intelligence that preceded the violence, and to deploy new modes of action against rioters on the ground “as quickly as possible,” the Élysée said.
In his televised address on Sunday evening, Macron had already promised “full transparency” about the police response and said he expected “clear answers” from his interior minister.
Pressure from the right
Nuñez, who has been in the post for about a year, faced calls to resign on Sunday from opposition figures, notably on the far right.
Interior Ministry figures show 2,397 people were arrested and 997 police officers and gendarmes were injured during Saturday’s unrest. Nuñez was expected to visit Marseille on Monday, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a crisis meeting on commerce, insurance and the judicial response.
Macron, for his part, is heading to the Gulf this week to secure energy supplies, after linking the fuel price anger behind the protests to the war in the region.
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