November 7. Riots are still erupting in France’s major cities, the fourth weekend in a row, perhaps only slightly less destructive than before. On October 19, the government imposed a curfew in many cities, then sent in police and water cannons. More than 3,000 shops — including several supermarkets — have been looted or destroyed. Stores that survived had boarded up their doors and windows, transforming the centers of Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other cities into bleak, barren ghost towns.
France. Boarded-up shops in the middle of the city centre. H&M behind plywood. Homeless on the sidewalk. This is what they did to Europe. This is not progress. This is decline. https://t.co/775uRMXOyK
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) November 8, 2026
