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French PM urges all ministers to return to Paris immediately — radio station

The ministers are supposed to stay in Paris for the entire weekend

PARIS, July 1. /TASS/. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has urged all cabinet members to return to Paris immediately due to mass disturbances across the country, the France Info radio station said citing a source in the government.

According to it, the ministers are supposed to stay in Paris for the entire weekend. "We expect a very difficult situation tonight," the source said.

Unrest broke out in France on June 27 after police shot dead a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre who had failed to comply with an order to stop his car. The riots also spread to many other communities and big cities such as Dijon, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Strasbourg, and Toulouse. On the night of June 29, several dozen police cars were burned and administrative and police buildings suffered damage. The Interior Ministry sent 45,000 law enforcement officers to quell riots on the night of June 30. In some cities, special forces troops are patrolling the streets, using armored vehicles and helicopters. A curfew has been imposed in several communities in the capital city to stabilize the situation.

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