"We will be intractable because we can not accept the scenes we have seen," wrote the president on his Twitter account in response to the violence that erupted on the island of Reunion since November 17, on the sidelines of the movement of "Yellow vests".

President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday evening an "intractable" response to the violence that erupted on the island of Reunion on the sidelines of the movement of "yellow vests" against rising fuel prices.

"What is happening since Saturday in Reunion is serious. We have put the means and will continue to put them: our soldiers will be mobilized tomorrow to restore public order. We will be intractable because we can not accept the scenes we saw, " wrote the head of state on his Twitter account.

What is happening since Saturday in Reunion is serious. We have put the means and will continue to put them: our soldiers will be mobilized tomorrow to restore public order. We will be intractable because we can not accept the scenes we saw.

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 21, 2018

In decline in metropolis, the movement of "yellow vests" continued to paralyze Wednesday the island of Reunion where it is accompanied, despite the establishment of a curfew at night, an outbreak of "urban violence" as she had not known for nearly thirty years.

On the fifth day of the movement, road blocks during the day followed the violence committed at night by "gangs of young people who have nothing to do with the movement called + yellow vests +," according to government spokesman Benjamin GRIVEAUX. "Their objective, he deplored on Wednesday, is to take advantage of a social movement to plunder, to ransack, to destroy," he said at the end of the Council of Ministers in the mid day Wednesday.

"An urban guerrilla situation"

In total, since the beginning of the violence, there have been "109 arrests, 30 wounded among the police, 16 policemen, 14 gendarmes, about fifty dams, a thousand protesters" , listed M Griveaux. 120 gendarmes and 107 policemen were deployed and a squadron of 80 gendarmes was to take off Wednesday night from Paris "to further increase" securing, he added.

A police commander, a member of the GIPN, had a hand torn off during the accidental explosion of a grenade in his vehicle while he was stoned by young protesters. Fifteen other members of the police were wounded more lightly on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, announced the prefecture of Reunion.

In a joint statement, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner and Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin, said "their support to all security services mobilized in Reunion" while the island "faces Saturday to unacceptable urban violence .

"This is an urban guerrilla situation that law enforcement agencies are now confronted with on a daily basis," Region President Didier Robert warned in a letter to Emmanuel Macron asking him to take "all the necessary measures for the protection of people and property on our island " .

Freeze a tax

"The situation is getting very complicated," said Idriss Rangassamy, departmental secretary of Alliance Police. A curfew was decreed Tuesday from 21H to 6H, for 14 of 24 municipalities, until Friday morning at least.

The police intervened in several hot areas: Chaudron (Saint-Denis), Port and Possession (west) and Saint-Gilles (west) where attempts to loot businesses took place. The demonstrators threw pebbles and Molotov cocktails against the police.

During the day, the island is still idling. Gas stations are starting to suffer blockages: most are running out of gas, some have begun to ration gasoline and diesel.

Schools and local governments remained closed on Wednesday. As the day before, the Roland Garros International Airport closed earlier.

All attempts to defuse the movement have so far proved futile. The latest, that of the region president Didier Robert, who has announced the freeze on the rise of a specific tax in Reunion on fuels, without deterring for the time the "yellow vests" .

In addition to the immediate answers on safety and the price of fuel, Mr. Griveaux insisted on "the very long-term issues, training, employment, health, which were addressed in the Overseas Blue Book" presented last June, while the island has an unemployment rate of 22.8% and a poverty rate of 40%, according to INSEE.