FIRST ON FOX: A French business owner who had five of her family's stores wrecked by looters last week said this coming Saturday's protest could be a watershed moment for France.Her message to President Emmanuel Macron: "Next Saturday is your last chance to save France," Michèle Teboul, the business owner, said in an interview with Fox News Digital. Addressing both Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Macron, she said, "If they donât do whatâs necessary to do next Saturday, I think itâs lost for France."Teboul lost more than merchandise when looters ransacked 15 of her familyâs stores, leaving five completely destroyed.She also lost faith in her governmentâs ability to protect them.REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: FRANCE BRACES FOR MORE UNREST AFTER PARTS OF PARIS SPUN OUT OF CONTROLBroken window panels lean against the facade of La Barrique bar and restaurant as debris covers the surrounding pavement following protests in Paris, France, on October 17, 2026.
(Clement Souchet/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Teboul accused authorities of failing to provide enough police to protect businesses, leaving families like hers facing destroyed stores and a costly recovery.She demanded that they protect the population before another Saturday.Her familyâs retail operations include stores in Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Montpellier.
Her sons work within the same company and operate their own brand, she said.For her family, protections put in place before the violence proved insufficient.Attackers used axes to break through boarding, she said, leaving her sons facing a difficult recovery."We can say that five of the most important stores have been looted," she said, describing those locations as "completely destroyed."President of France Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during a press conference at a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 16, 2026. (Reuters/Yves Herman)Now, her family needs to pay for additional protection...