过去一周，法国各地大规模抗议活动被暴力骚乱分子劫持。商店遭洗劫，公共建筑被毁，里昂旅游咨询中心和标志性的利摩日市政厅被烧毁。骚乱平息后，宵禁随之而来，随之而来的还有反思：是谁干的？为什么没能阻止他们？
It's been a week that’s seen mass protests hijacked by violent rioters across France. The looting of shops, trashing of public buildings, the burning of Lyon’s Tourist Information and the iconic Limoges City Hall. After the riots, came the curfews, and the contemplation, who did what and why weren’t they stopped.
总统马克龙将矛头指向煽动叛乱团体、极左无政府主义者和伺机作案的罪犯，并作出有限度的认错：在预判和情报收集上存在失误，当局掉以轻心。
Seditious groups, ultra left anarchists and opportunist criminals said President Macron, with a qualified mea culpa: failures in anticipation and authorities dropped the ball in intelligence gathering.
总统竞选领跑者、极右翼领袖玛丽娜·勒庞声称马克龙已精疲力竭、迷失方向，她在民调中的支持率现已处于更有利的竞选地位。
Macron is out of breath, exhausted and disorientated claimed the Presidential Frontrunner Marine Le Pen, the far right leader now polling in an even stronger position for the Presidency.
外国领导人也纷纷插手，特朗普总统发表评论，以色列总理则在当地大选前借机算旧账。
Foreign leaders had a free for all too, President Trump wading in and Israel’s prime minister settled old scores ahead of elections there.
但法国并非孤例，米兰呈现出镜像般的景象，西班牙、葡萄牙、比利时也爆发示威，一场“不满之秋”已拉开帷幕，更多抗议活动将在本周末继续：
But France wasn’t isolated in its protests and unrest, Milan was a mirror image, with demonstrations in Spain, Portugal, Belgium too, An Autumn of Discontent, and more protests to follow this weekend: