France to impose local curfews after weekend riots, PM Lecornu says

The scale of the damage to roughly 3,000 businesses shifts this from a policing story into an economic one, and the involvement of the SME minister signals that the government sees commercial survival as part of the response. For markets, the relevant read is pressure on small and mid-sized French firms already squeezed by living costs, with curfews adding a further drag on trading in affected areas. Whether the unrest stays contained to local curfews or spreads beyond the weekend's flashpoints is the open question.