France's Macron condemns rioting at nationwide protests
Paris police said Sunday that 855 people were arrested in the French capital region after violent groups clashed with officers and looted shops during a protest march that drew about 110,00...
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Paris police said Sunday that 855 people were arrested in the French capital region after violent groups clashed with officers and looted shops during a protest march that drew about 110,00...
"Looking at these images, we have all asked ourselves: what was going through their minds? How can French people do this to France?" Macron said in a televised address to the nation.
Nothing justifies it Macron condemns France riots stops short of emergency
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a national address after widespread disorder and as some looting continued in Paris.
The French leader made an impassioned plea 'for unity' following a weekend of chaos involving up to 500,000 protesters.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday finally responded to the Islamo-Marxist riots.
Historic public buildings burned, hundreds of shops destroyed and more than 2,000 people arrested
President Macron promises to increase security, but stops short of announcing a state of emergency or curfew.
After anti-government protests devolved into chaos, leaders from across the political spectrum blamed one another for the unrest, even as it largely subsided on Sunday.
Macron echoed other government officials in blaming much of the violence on far-left activists, accusing them of attacking police and public buildings to foment chaos.
French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed anger and shame over recent violence in France amid protests against rising living costs and poor school conditions.
Macron attends a Céline Dion concert before riots erupt across France, leaving buildings burned, 1,800 arrested and Jewish businesses allegedly targeted. The post Macron Enjoys Céline Dion...
France tallies 2,397 arrests and nearly 1,000 injured officers after Saturday’s violence, as looting flares again in Paris and politicians trade blame.
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday voiced the public’s “anger” and “shame” over rioting and looting during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor cond...
The president vowed government would be 'uncompromising' towards the 'agitators from ultra-left fringe groups, joined by numerous delinquents'
Following days of riots, violence, arson, buildings destroyed and mass looting, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a national address to the people of France. Remarkably, in the beg...
Macron blamed "unrestrained violence" on "insurrectionist elements from radical far-left groups, joined by numerous criminals."
At least 2,000 people have been arrested over the nationwide protests
“Those who destroyed must pay; those who looted must reimburse,” the French president said.
"Those who looted will have to pay back for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable," Macron said in a televised address to the nation.
Shops were looted, cars set alight and a historic town hall largely destroyed as demonstrations over the rising cost of living descended into violence.
Ministers, officials and police under pressure over response to protests as government holds crisis talks amid ‘colossal failure of the state’ The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has cri...
'Tonight, we all feel anger and shame,' said the French president in an address to the nation, adding that there must be a distinction between protesters with 'legitimate demands' and 'thos...
Macron vowed that top officials would "make decisions in coordination with mayors to protect our cities, public buildings, and businesses."
The French president vowed to take an 'uncompromising' stance towards those who had rioted.
EMMANUEL Macron has blasted rioters who "ravaged" France in violent protests as he warned serious consequences will be handed out. The French president denounced the "far-left" hooligans wh...
France has been plunged into crisis mode as Emmanuel Macron lamented "shame" over the spiralling violent disorder across the country. In his address to the nation, the French leader confirm...
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to address the nation after violence erupted across France during protests against rising living costs and poor school conditions
In the central town of Limoges, flames engulfed the 19th century City Hall, causing its roof to collapse and nearly destroying the building.
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