FILE - In this Jan.11 2020 file photo, a police officer uses gas during a demonstration in Lille, northern France. A summer of incidents, from insults to attacks, some deadly, has built into a crescendo of violence. But has France really grown more “savage” as Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says? Or is the problem a growing sense of insecurity fueled by the word “savage” itself, as Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti contends? The verbal jousting is causing divisions, and worrying critics who say the interior minister is exploiting the language of the far right to help President Emmanuel Macron’s party win upcoming elections. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

FILE - In this March 16, 2019 file photo, protesters remove a protective wall from a luxury shop during a yellow vests demonstration in Paris. A summer of incidents, from insults to attacks, some deadly, has built into a crescendo of violence. But has France really grown more “savage” as Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says? Or is the problem a growing sense of insecurity fueled by the word “savage” itself, as Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti contends? The verbal jousting is causing divisions, and worrying critics who say the interior minister is exploiting the language of the far right to help President Emmanuel Macron’s party win upcoming elections. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)