Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated on Sunday that his country was "watching with concern" the unrest in France.

Due to unrest on French streets following the police shooting of a teenager of North African descent, French President Emmanuel Macron postponed a state visit to Germany that was scheduled to begin on Sunday.

While he was watching with concern, Scholz told German television station ARD that he was confident Macron would be able to control the situation. Despite the fact that the images are undoubtedly upsetting, he said, "I don't expect that France will become unstable."

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The crisis exposed long-standing unhappiness in low-income neighbourhoods over prejudice and opportunity gaps and presented Macron with a fresh leadership challenge.

Fifth night of unrest in France. However, overall violence seemed to have decreased from earlier nights. Following a mass deployment of security, police nationwide made 719 arrests after young rioters engaged in violent altercations with police and targeted a mayor's home with a burning car, injuring members of his family. In Nanterre, a suburb of Paris where feelings over his loss are still raw, the 17-year-old whose passing gave rise to the anger was laid to rest.

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He has only been given his first name, Nahel, in public.
On Saturday evening, a small crowd gathered on the Champs-Elysees to protest his death and police brutality, but they were met by hundreds of officers guarding the avenue and its shops with batons and shields.

In a less upscale part of Paris, police fired tear gas and stun grenades in response to protesters setting off firecrackers and setting barricades on fire.
The home of the mayor of the Paris suburb of l'Hay-les-Roses was struck by a burning car.

A number of schools, police stations, town halls, and businesses have recently been the target of fires or vandalism, but an attack on the home of the mayor is unusual.

While he was in the town hall observing the violence, Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun said his wife and one of his children were hurt in the 1:30 a.m. attack while they were sleeping.

Conservative opposition Republican Party member Jeanbrun argued that the attack marked a new low in the unrest's "horror and ignominy" and urged the government to declare a state of emergency.

Regional prosecutor Stephane Hardouin said on French television that a preliminary investigation indicates the car was intended to ram the house and set it on fire. He then opened an investigation into attempted murder.
He claimed that a bottle in the car contained a flame accelerant.

Along with Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and other officials, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne travelled to l'Hay-les-Roses to meet Jeanbrun and made the commitment that "we're going to do everything to bring order back as soon as possible."

A special security meeting with Borne, Darmanin, and the justice minister was something that Macron had planned. The Interior Ministry reported that clashes broke out in Marseille, a Mediterranean city, though they seemed less severe than the previous evening. There, a larger police presence made 55 arrests.

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Less people were arrested nationwide than the previous evening. That, according to Darmanin, was due to "the resolute action of security forces."
Some terrified residents of the targeted neighbourhoods and store owners who had their stores ransacked have welcomed the mass police deployment, but those who believe that police behaviour is at the root of the crisis have grown more irate.