Sarkozy to blame for unrest in Grenoble

The French city of Grenoble has been rocked by three nights of rioting after the police shot and killed a presumed robber on the run. The failed policies of the Sarkozy government are to blame for the unrest, writes the left-liberal daily Libération: "Sarkozy has failed lamentably with his 'Marshall Plan' for the banlieues, which has not stopped shrinking in scope. With its reductions in the number of local police, its budget cuts and its 'security first' strategy, the right-wing has only widened the gap between the young people in the cités and the leading figures in the Republic. To reduce crime and illegal trafficking ... you've got to understand their causes and not just play the fireman each time a blaze breaks out. What we urgently need right now is a new educational, social, economic and cultural policy proportional with the problems faced by the banlieues."

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