Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ordered the local restrictions and blamed far left groups for weekend riots and looting that damaged nearly 3,000 shops, resulted in roughly 2,400 arrests and left nearly 1,000 security personnel injured. President Emmanuel Macron rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez's resignation offer and tasked him with restoring order after Nuñez admitted police had lost control of the unrest, while the government opened furlough support and pledged additional financial aid for affected businesses.
US President Donald Trump escalated his criticism of the French government's response, claiming that "France is being burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists and communists who hate Christianity" and reiterating his call for Macron to close the country's borders. In his Sunday address, Macron attributed the fuel price spikes driving peaceful cost of living demonstrators to the war in Iran.