法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙承诺，将通过维持高度戒备的安保部署，并责成政府回应部分抗议者的诉求，以防止更多骚乱和抢劫发生。
President Emmanuel Macron pledged to prevent more rioting and looting by maintaining a heightened security presence and tasking his government to respond to some of the protesters’ demands.
“在大选前六个月，我们的国家陷入这种动荡状态是不正常的，”他在周一视察马赛警方后表示。“有些人乐见混乱，我不是——绝不再有另一个10月17日。” 10月17日，随着生活成本抗议升级为全国约3000家商店遭洗劫、近乎同等数量的人被捕，法国陷入混乱。政府通过部署更多警力、仅批准工会组织的游行，避免了周六重燃抗议时出现同等程度的暴力。
“It’s not normal that six months before a presidential election, our country should be in such a state of turmoil,” he said Monday after visiting police in Marseille. “Some people are happy to see disorder, I’m not — never again another Oct. 17.”France was plunged into chaos on Oct. 17 as cost-of-living protests escalated into looting of some 3,000 stores across the country and nearly as many arrests. The government averted the same degree of violence around renewed protests on Saturday by deploying many more police and only approving marches organized by labor unions.
但抗议活动预计将持续，学生团体要求采取具体措施，解决对学校条件和大学名额分配制度的担忧。工会也号召在11月5日举行大规模罢工和抗议。
But protests are set to continue, with student groups demanding concrete measures to address concerns about school conditions and the system for distributing university slots. Unions have also called for a major day of strikes and protests on Nov. 5.
马克龙表示，政府正在针对“合理诉求”制定回应，并将批准保护市中心的抗议路线。
Macron said the government is working on a response to “legitimate aspirations” and will approve routes for protests that protect town centers.
“我们将继续在周六、11月5日及随后的周六坚守阵地，”马克龙说。“如果我们共同把工作做好，这场运动将会平息，因为我们将回应合理诉求，同时维持秩序。”
“We will continue to hold firm both on Saturday, on Nov. 5, and on the Saturdays that follow,” Macron said. “If together we do our job properly, this movement will calm down because we will have addressed legitimate demands and because order will be maintained.”