France is planning to introduce legislation to toughen sanctions on undeclared protests after weeks of social unrest stemming from the Yellow Vests movement.
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Monday that France is hardening its stance on the unrest, in a speech he made after rioters torched motorbikes and set barricades ablaze on Paris’s upmarket Boulevard Saint-Germain, Reuters reported.
The Prime Minister also stated that the “casseurs”, or “thugs”, who had brought destruction to Paris and other major cities, vandalizing banks and other buildings, would be forced to pay for the damage they caused.