Targeted curfews across France contributed to a quiet evening following a weekend of riots and looting across the nation, the Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said.

Curfews were launched across elements of central Paris, including Place de la République, where protesters had gathered over the weekend, and the Les Halles purchasing space.

Other measures proscribing the motion of younger individuals and gatherings were launched in cities such as Marseille, Bordeaux, Nice and Lyon in the south, as nicely as Lille and other cities in the north.

Lecornu thanked cops and gendarmes for imposing the measures, including that further curfews on Tuesday evening would be determined relying on where they are obligatory.

Writing in a publish on X, he said selections would be made “on the ground” by French areas and native mayors.