France struggles to tackle New Year car torching France's Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Monday the number of cars burned on New Year's Eve through the morning of the January 1st would be released. No official figures have been published since 2010 after it was discovered that a district-by-district breakdown was fuelling a destructive competition between rival gangs. Valls also said 55 thousand security officers would be on the ground to assure that New Year's Eve goes "as smoothly as possible." Images and soundbites.