伦敦玛丽女王大学现代法国史学者安德鲁·史密斯解释说：“你无法靠警务来实现社会凝聚力。你无法靠警务来塑造政治未来。”
“You can't police yourself into social cohesion. You can't police yourself into a political future,” explains Andrew Smith, historian of modern France at Queen Mary University of London.
他指出法兰西共和国面临的一个核心悖论：国家或许拥有强制维持公共秩序的手段，却缺乏政治能力去回应那些驱动大规模动员的诉求与不满。
He identifies a central paradox confronting the French Republic: the state may possess the means to impose public order, yet lack the political capacity to address the demands and grievances driving mass mobilisation.
在法国再度爆发骚乱的背景下，史密斯审视了社会抗议、总统权威与民主合法性之间的紧张关系：“50万人走上法国街头，绝非偶然。”
Smith examines the tensions between social protest, presidential authority and democratic legitimacy amid renewed unrest in France: “500,000 people on the streets of France doesn't happen by chance.”