France Enacts Curfews in Response to Widespread Rioting and Disorder

10/19/2026

Two areas of Paris will be no-go zones after police issued overnight curfews "to protect people and property from the violence and looting".

10/19/2026

Two large sections of central Paris were shut down in a curfew Monday night as France was reeling from a weekend of nationwide rioting and looting that left much of the country shaken.

10/19/2026

Paris police issued an overnight curfew on Monday in two areas of the French capital in efforts to prevent further violence, after a weekend marred by France's worst rioting in years that targeted...

10/19/2026

The order aims to protect "people and property from the violence and looting," the Paris police statement said.

10/19/2026

The curfew will be in effect from 11 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday. In addition, gatherings and demonstrations are banned from 8 p.m., the Paris police said.

10/19/2026

The Paris police prefecture said the curfew would remain in force from 11 pm on Monday until 6 am on Tuesday in several neighbourhoods of the French capital.

10/19/2026

Curfew applies to entire population, while demonstrations also banned in some Paris neighborhoods from 8 pm to 6 am