President Emmanuel Macron of France had outlined 100 days to move past protests over his pension reform, but rioting set off by a fatal police shooting jolted the country once more.
Critics have questioned the junior minister’s choice of publication, and government officials have called the magazine shoot a distraction amid nationwide protests over a new pension law.
Neither President Emmanuel Macron nor opponents of his pension overhaul were ready to back down on a new day of strikes and marches, with fears of rising anger and violence.
After ramming through a law raising the retirement age without a full parliamentary vote, the French president faces something approaching a constitutional crisis.