I emailed 2 ladies that work for our company's France office and asked if they were ok. The response from one:
Thanking you, but you know we saw that the events have been amplified in your TV News .
Everything fine , that's just some young people unhappy with some government rules , and they did not understand that we have to discuss before changing and they react violently .The governement takes this seriously and some measures will be taken for this not last too long . But we're ok
see post #22
"Thanking you, but you know we saw that the events have been amplified in your TV News."
Wow. Perhaps I was wrong about France needing to grow a spine. Their first priority should be to cure a potentially fatal case of denial. You post is truly concerning.