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Paris is burning

President Macron, who had said he would “never accept violence”, has instructed the Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, to meet what he calls “legitimate protest groups” and opposition politicians this week in an effort to calm tensions and stop “professional” rioters from infiltrating street demonstrations.

Electoral outrage?

It may not have been as devastating as previous outrages in Paris; it was nonetheless an ugly prologue to the…