For the third night in a row, the anger of the French public over the death of a 17-year-old erupted in the form of brute force. Cars and rubbish bins burned again, but also banks, schools and a town hall.
After, reportedly, Austrian Integration Minister Susanne Raab (ÖVP) had to cut short her work trip on parallel societies following warnings from the French Interior Ministry, the “Krone” made its way to the burning suburbs of Paris.
It’s quite a strange ride. From the hectic but non-violent inner suburbs of Paris, into the swirling banlieues.
Burning barricades in the streets
In Saint-Denis, known for its national stadium Stade de France, the first traces of recent nights can be seen. In the middle of the street you regularly drive over burnt-out places where burning cars and garbage containers would have blocked access for emergency services the night before. Getting off here is not the best idea, says the driver.
“Krone” met Prime Minister
It is said that one has to go to Sarcelles en Gonesse, a banlieue in the northeast of the city. The unrest there was particularly wild. Here, masts with surveillance cameras were felled, construction vehicles set on fire. But the town hall in the suburb of Garges-les-Gonesse also caught fire. The next day the “Krone” also met Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who – surrounded by bodyguards – took a picture of the destruction.
Fire, combat: it was bad
Slightly to the side, leaning against a car, is young Sayed. He himself was born in Paris, his parents from Pakistan. The classic family with a migration background, as so often in France. He watched the riots from the balcony of the family’s social housing. “It was bad to see the flames and people fighting,” he tells the “Krone”. But he understands people’s anger towards the police.
Politicians continue to call for calm
While the emergency services are now trying day in and day out to repair the damage from the previous night and to repair it as best as possible, it is not only bubbling up in the suburbs of Paris. You feel the fear in the city. For what might come next. Once again, the country’s politicians are calling for calm and caution. Again, however, it is feared that too many people will not feel addressed.
Source: Krone
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