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.
给法国各地城镇带来混乱的毫无意义的骚乱显示出缓和的迹象——尽管它很容易再次爆发。暴力事件的导火索是一名警察开枪打死了17岁的男孩Nahel Merzouk，当时他正加速逃离警察的检查。在社交媒体的煽动下，一场“大火”以惊人的速度蔓延，无情地暴露了根深蒂固的社会紧张局势和政治两极分化。这些问题需要埃马纽埃尔•马克龙总统和他的政府做出全面和持续的回应。否则，法国贫困的、种族多样化的城市街区仍将是一个火药桶，很容易被引爆。