In the chamber, the prime minister said "too static"

The National Assembly held its first questions-to-the-government session on Tuesday since the violence around the 17 October protests¹.

The admission. Answering the MoDem group leader Marc Fesneau, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said Saturday’s arrangement had been “trop statique et pas assez mobile”, too static and not mobile enough¹. He promised a “massif” security deployment for the protests called for Saturday 24 October and said the interior minister had already instructed prefectures¹. The doctrine, he said, would be revised in volume, forces committed, reactivity and mobility¹.

The exchange. Manuel Bompard of La France insoumise called the government’s handling a “véritable fiasco”; Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez replied: “J’ai ma part de responsabilités, vous avez la vôtre” — I have my share of responsibility, you have yours¹. The RN deputy Laure Lavalette asked whether the minister could maintain the state’s legal authority¹.

The calendar. Lecornu said on Tuesday that new curfews would be imposed where needed, after a Monday night that police said passed without major incidents². He meets union officials on Wednesday and political parties on Thursday, and France’s main unions have not backed Saturday’s protest call².

Nothing in the session settled who is to blame for Saturday. That is not its job. Its job is to put the government’s account, and its admissions, on the record where they can be checked against what happens on the 24th.