The senseless rioting that has brought mayhem to towns and cities across France shows signs of abating — although it could easily flare up again. The violence was sparked by the shooting dead by a policeman of a 17-year-old boy Nahel Merzouk as he accelerated away from a police check. The flames spread with alarming speed, fanned by social media, and shone an unforgiving light on deep-seated social tensions and political polarisation. These problems require a comprehensive and sustained response from President Emmanuel Macron and his government. France’s impoverished, ethnically diverse urban neighbourhoods will otherwise remain a powder keg, prone to detonation.
給法國各地城鎮帶來混亂的毫無意義的騷亂顯示出緩和的跡象——盡管它很容易再次爆發。暴力事件的導火索是一名警察開槍打死了17歲的男孩Nahel Merzouk，當時他正加速逃離警察的檢查。在社交媒體的煽動下，一場“大火”以驚人的速度蔓延，無情地暴露了根深蒂固的社會緊張局勢和政治兩極分化。這些問題需要埃馬紐埃爾?馬克龍總統和他的政府做出全面和持續的回應。否則，法國貧困的、種族多樣化的城市街區仍將是一個火藥桶，很容易被引爆。