US President Donald Trump attributed the French unrest to immigration rather than rising prices, saying that migrants have "taken over" the country and warning that "Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon." Trump added, "It's immigration, and I told President Emmanuel Macron, close up your borders." Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Ministry advised its citizens to avoid nonessential travel to France, Belgium and Italy and urged Iranians in those countries to stay away from demonstrations and check security and transit updates.
The demonstrations over living costs and school conditions have resulted in at least 2,400 arrests and injuries to nearly 1,000 police officers and gendarmes. Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said the government "undoubtedly failed this weekend" and pointed to "flaws in the intelligence," though he backed Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez after Macron rejected Nuñez's offer to resign. To contain the violence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu kept a nationwide state of emergency under consideration while local authorities enacted overnight curfews in parts of Paris, Lyon, Lille, Nice and Coulaines and banned demonstrations in Marseille.