Lecornu said nearly 200 investigators from the Paris police prefecture are analyzing video footage to identify unmasked looters, adding that almost 80% of those taken into custody are facing judicial action. Domestic intelligence briefed the government that an "ultra-left movement" is organizing to disrupt the timetable or holding of the presidential election in six months. Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin also acknowledged "flaws in the intelligence" after President Emmanuel Macron rejected Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez's resignation earlier Monday to preserve command continuity.
The weekend unrest grew out of a September high school movement over teacher shortages and dilapidated buildings that merged with broader protests over inflation and public spending ahead of a budget vote. Saturday's marches drew an estimated 550,000 to 800,000 people, five times what domestic intelligence predicted, and resulted in at least 2,400 arrests, 997 injured security personnel, and about 1,500 ransacked stores since Saturday, bringing total arrests since September past 6,800.