France's Government Spokesperson and junior Minister for Energy and Digital economy Maud Bregeon speaks to the press after attending a meeting with French Prime minister bringing together party leaders, the chairs of the parliamentary groups in both houses and the chairs of the Legal Affairs Committees, along with the Ministers for the Interior and Justice, and senior officials from the police, the gendarmerie and the intelligence services, as France braced for more demonstrations just days after student and other rallies degenerated into some of the worst street unrest in years, outside the Hotel Matignon in Paris on October 22, 2026. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP via Getty Images)