France
- 2005 civil unrest in France – mainly Paris, but also in other high-immigrant areas.
- Perpignan (2005) – Perpignan Riots between North African and Roma communities after a man of North African descent was shot dead.
- Avignon (September 2009) – between Turkish and Moroccan youths (one young of African descent was dead)
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“If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
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