France
- 2005 civil unrest in France – mainly Paris, but also in other high-immigrant areas.
- Perpignan (2005) – Perpignan Riots between North African and Roma communities after a man of North African descent was shot dead.
- Avignon (September 2009) – between Turkish and Moroccan youths (one young of African descent was dead)
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Famous quotes containing the word france:
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets or steal bread.”
—Anatole France (1844–1924)
“The anarchy, assassination, and sacrilege by which the Kingdom of France has been disgraced, desolated, and polluted for some years past cannot but have excited the strongest emotions of horror in every virtuous Briton. But within these days our hearts have been pierced by the recital of proceedings in that country more brutal than any recorded in the annals of the world.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)
“While learning the language in France a young man’s morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)