Mr Nunez estimated around 550,000 people had so far participated in the demonstrations across the country.
United States President Donald Trump declared that “France is burning” on Sunday.
“The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country,” he wrote on Truth Social.
“Close your borders and take control, before it is too late.”
His words echoed those of his vice president, JD Vance, who said “Western liberals imported the third world into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion”.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said the Government would not be “intimidated” by violence and blamed the unrest on the “ultra-left” and criminals just months before a presidential election next year.
President Emmanuel Macron is due to address the nation this evening at 8pm local time (7pm BST).
The Home Office declined to comment when approached by The Guardian.
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