French Prime Minister calls for partial curfews after weekend riots

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday he had asked local authorities to ​impose partial curfews this evening following violent protests across the nation ‌during the weekend.
Lecornu told reporters he was "fully resolved to restoring public order" and that if declaring a state ​of emergency was deemed necessary "we could do so", ​but added that at this stage partial ⁠curfews seemed "more appropriate".

He did not say which cities ​would impose partial curfews nor what form they would ​take, although he excluded imposing a full curfew on the whole of Paris.
"These curfews must be local and partial. ​It is out of the question to put ​all of Paris under curfew."
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez also told reporters ‌during ⁠the same press conference there were no plans to cancel Tuesday evening's Paris Saint Germain versus Barcelona soccer match.
The mayors of France's biggest cities on ​Monday demanded answers ​from the ⁠government to what they called a lack of preparation by security forces as ​the country licked its wounds from ​a weekend ⁠of rioting and looting.

The protests followed weeks of student demonstrations with occasional bouts of street violence, rocking ⁠the ​country six months ahead of ​its next presidential election and increasing pressures over a weak economy ​and surging debt.