Emmanuel Macron has associated the violence with a "process of decivilization" An expression that corresponds to the title of a book published by Renaud Camus. Edwy Plenel has piaillé on Twitter: "It is a smoky concept invented by the far-right writer" The director of Mediapart accompanied his commentary with a book dating from 2011 by the writer.

Norbert Elias: Civilization is not a definitive achievement, it is a fragile and temporary conquest.