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Finger pointed at French territorial intelligence after weekend riots

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French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu outside the Interior Ministry, in Paris, on 19 October 2026.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu outside the Interior Ministry, in Paris, on 19 October 2026. © Julien De Rosa/Pool/AFP

The French DNRT territorial intelligence agency, which vastly underestimated the scale of the protests in France on Saturday which were followed by rioting and looting across the country, finds itself under intense scrutiny. All the more so after President Emmanuel Macron highlighted "failures in foresight and intelligence" in his national televised address on Sunday.

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