France's government under pressure after weekend of widespread violence

Parliament here is paralysed, deeply divided between three vying political blocks.Then there are France's financial woes too. Investors are leaning hard on this country to get its spiralling public debt under control. But the French government worries, if it cuts public services or welfare, yet more angry people will pour out onto the streets.What now, what next, is our country broken? You hear these questions a lot at the moment.People across France were shocked and troubled by Saturday's events. The images of tear-gassed towns, apparently unimpeded looters and burning public buildings have worried the nation.Many passers-by I speak to express frustration that, while they worry about the future, their leading politicians seem, instead, to be passionately focused on finger-pointing; blaming one another for the volatility."While we worry for our safety, they use this situation as a pre-presidential election political football," teacher and father of three Edouard told me.Macron and his prime minister blamed Saturday's violent chaos on radical far left groups and delinquents; hard left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon alleged government "incompetence"; Marine Le Pen on the nationalist right, which likes to be seen as strong on law and order, posted a video seated in front of the French flag, giving a presidential-style address blaming the "Macronist administration that is out of steam, exhausted, and disoriented".