French police ban protests at key Paris landmarks Thursday as demonstrations loom after weekend unrest the government says it lost control of

French police will prohibit protests at several prominent Paris locations from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, as France braces for further demonstrations following severe street unrest. The ban covers the presidential Elysee Palace, both houses of parliament, the Louvre, the Champs-Elysees, Bastille and Republique squares, and the Chatelet-Les Halles shopping area.

The French government acknowledged that it lost control during weekend violence in which masked youths clashed with police and looted shops.

Speaking in Qatar, President Emmanuel Macron appeared to criticize leaders for using the unrest for political gain. Without naming them directly, he referred to leaders in campaign mode, including U.S. President Donald Trump and potentially Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump linked the unrest to migrants and praised far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Netanyahu argued that France faced an “invasion of extremist Islam”; analysts dismissed those claims.

Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said 174 of the 2,500 people taken into custody had been jailed and 917 formally prosecuted.