French Searing Dilandan Riots, 1,500 Robbery Store

Hundreds of thousands of protesters in France came down to the streets calling for their discontent over the cost of living, low wages, and trimming public service budgets such as education. Too bad this action led to riots and looting in a number of areas.

In response to this, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has asked citizens who are demonstrating to remain calm and unanarchist who are potentially causing chaos. It was revealed the day after France was struck by the worst unrest in recent years.

"Looking at these images, we're all asking ourselves: How could the French do this to France?" Macron said in a national speech, as quoted by Reuben, Monday, (19 / 10 / 2026).

"No one can justify it, no one can explain it, no one can forgive him. Tonight, we all feel anger and shame," the cover.

In the action thousands were arrested after the rules of the city were burned down, stores and boutiques of luxury to supermarkets plundered, raided vehicles and police officers, and buildings filled with graffiti.

This condition certainly creates economic losses that most of them still count today. But some business owners have reported estimates of losses that reach millions to tens of millions of euros.

For example Alexandre Bompard as a giant French retail CEO, Carrefour, told the French TV television station that 50 company-owned stores had broken down. From that number, 20 stores among them were robbed, causing losses to tens of millions of euros.

French Minister Roland Lescure, promised to give support to the business owners who suffered a loss of action. But he hasn't explained in detail what kind of support the government would give the affected venture sector.

"Those who break goods will pay, repair the damage, and be held accountable for their intention to cause chaos," said Lescure in a statement on Sunday (18 / 10) yesterday.

Meanwhile in the BBC reports, the Trade Federation and the French Rite report at least 1,500 shops and retailers were damaged due to the riots. In Sunday (18 / 10) morning in Paris, many residents reviewed the impact of riots covering broken glass in front of designer shops such as Ralph Lauren, Gucci, and Versace.

The shopkeepers have been out since morning with a broom, picking up large glass pieces when they start cleaning. Garbage truck down some main road to clean up debris. A lot of the shop buildings were grazed with graffiti, some of which said "rich man pajaki" and "eat rich people."

In his report, the BBC visited a clothing store near Place de la Republic that had been looted, with stacks of clothes and furniture scattered all over the floor. The desperate store owner said that he saw the looters in the CCTV that were in the store for over an hour and a half, and during that time he didn't see any cops at all.