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Macron to Convene Minister Consultations on France Unrest on Sunday Evening - Reports

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Пожарные тушат пламя в здании, подожженном во время протестов в Рубе на севере Франции - Sputnik International, 1920, 02.07.2023
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PARIS (Sputnik) - French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and several other ministers on Sunday evening to discuss the situation in the country, French broadcaster reported on Sunday, citing sources.
Macron will host the consultations at Elysee Palace at 7:30 p.m. (17:30 GMT) in the presence of the prime minister, the interior minister and the justice minister, the broadcaster said.
Unrest has engulfed France since Tuesday, when a 17-year-old boy was shot dead by a policeman for alleged non-compliance during a traffic stop in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris. The officer who pulled the trigger on Nahel M. has been taken in custody over voluntary manslaughter, but this did not stop the protesters.
French riot police officers stand guard next to a burnt out trash bin during a demonstration against police in Marseille, southern France on July 1, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 02.07.2023
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