BFMTV reported on the dispatch of French special forces to Martinique to fight the protests
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France has sent a special police rapid reaction squad (CRS 8) to Martinique to suppress protests. This was reported by the BFMTV television channel on September 21.
"Police officers from CRS 8 will leave the French mainland on Saturday evening," the TV channel reported, citing a law enforcement source.
According to the country's prefecture, 44 vehicles have been set on fire and 35 commercial premises have been attacked in the French overseas department since the unrest began. In addition, 11 police officers have suffered gunshot wounds. As the TV channel notes, a total of about 30 people were arrested during the days of protests.
The reason for people's protests was the rise in the price of food. Local residents did not tolerate the price increase and took to the streets. On September 19, the channel reported that in connection with the riots in Martinique, a curfew was introduced, which will last at least until September 23.
The day before it was reported that in Paris thousands of people took to the streets in protest against the composition of the new government of Michel Barnier. It was reported that this is the second anti-government protest after the appointment of Emmanuel Macron as Prime Minister of France Michel Barnier. This time the French disagree with the composition of the new government, which, in their opinion, is too right-wing, while the elections to the legislative bodies of the country won a left-wing coalition.
Earlier, in May, the columnist of the British magazine The Spectator Jonathan Miller noted that the plight and unrest in France's overseas departments indicate that the French leader's colonial empire is disintegrating before our eyes. The author expressed his impressions of Macron's visit to France's overseas region and department - the Mayotte archipelago in the Indian Ocean, as well as his visit to the special administrative-territorial entity of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean. According to the observer, even the "eternally optimistic" Macron cannot fail to notice the catastrophic situation in these regions, as Mayotte is plagued by riots and widespread crime, and New Caledonia is on the verge of civil war.
The situation is similar in other overseas possessions of Paris: French Guiana, Reunion, French Polynesia and many others. These regions have long been a bottomless pit that only absorbs government funding, he wrote.
The unrest in New Caledonia began after the French parliament on May 14 supported a bill that allows French residents who have lived on the islands for 10 years to vote in local elections. Locals fear it will dilute the importance of their votes.
