- President Macron refused Interior Minister Nunez’s resignation
- The decision followed violent protests in France
Updated 19 October 2026 08:19
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron slammed on Monday “failures” that he said led to violent protests that rocked the country, but refused the resignation of Interior Minister Laurent Nunez over the crisis.
“The interior minister submitted his resignation to the president on Sunday,” the Elysee palace said in a statement. “Given the necessity for continued leadership of law enforcement at this time, the president refused.”
Macron had asked Nunez to “take all necessary steps to ensure transparency over the failures in planning and intelligence that led to the violence” and “put in place new operational methods for security forces” to handle the crisis, the statement said.