Two years ago, France was subjected to roughly eight days of deadly rioting after police shot and killed a suspect of Middle Eastern origin.

This past weekend saw another deluge of brutal violence kick off following a soccer match in Paris on Saturday.

An estimated 700 building have been set on fire

According to Breitbart, the lawlessness has seen two people lose their lives while an estimated 700 buildings have been set on fire.

One of the victims is reported to have been a 17-year-old who was fatally stabbed in the community of Dax while the other was a 20-year-old who was run over in Paris.

As of Sunday evening, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported that 192 people were believed to have been injured, including seven firefighters and 22 police officers, one of whom was left in a coma.

Meanwhile, the media outlet stated that 559 individuals had been taken into custody, with some 491 of those arrests taking place in Paris.

Conservative politician calls Paris "a playground for thugs"

Breitbart noted that the unrest was met with condemnation from conservative politician Jordan Bardella, who serves as president of France's National Rally party.

"As with every popular festival, the French capital becomes a playground for thugs. Always the same profiles and always the same state impotence," Bardella was quoted as saying.

"It is no longer just a serious problem of insecurity: it is the entire image of France that is tarnished in the world," he lamented.

Marion Maréchal is a French member of the European Parliament, and she drew attention to how rioters defaced a statue erected to honor Joan of Arc.

French lawmaker says that "a change of course is imperative and urgent"

"A few days before the anniversary of her death at the stake, did Joan of Arc deserve this?" Maréchal wrote in a social media post on Sunday. 

À quelques jours de l’anniversaire de sa mort au bûcher, Jeanne d’Arc a-t-elle mérité ça ?

Sans doute ne savent-ils même pas qui est la sainte dont ils profanent ici la statue…

Personne ne peut encore prétendre qu’en continuant nous irons vers des lendemains… pic.twitter.com/9XkTWAem4e

— Marion Maréchal (@MarionMarechal) June 1, 2025

"No doubt they don’t even know who the saint is whose statue they are desecrating here," the conservative French lawmaker declared. 

"No one can yet claim that by continuing, we will head toward bright tomorrows of peace and national unity," she continued before adding, "A change of course is imperative and urgent."