France's Macron Calls for Order, Says Foreign Criticism of Unrest 'Stupid'
Macron said nearly 150 people were jailed as he accused foreign leaders of using the unrest for campaign advantage.
- Riots erupted across Paris, Lyon, and Marseille on Saturday, prompting the government to admit police had "lost control" during the unrest; nearly 150 people have been jailed and more than 800 brought before the courts.
- The violence initially flared on the fringe of cost-of-living protests, following weeks of student demonstrations over conditions in high schools; running battles between masked rioters and police spread across French cities with property destroyed.
- Researchers identified a Russian disinformation operation known as Matryoshka amplifying unrest with fake news videos; separately, Sabrina Hania created an AI-generated image of an alleged incident that misled viewers when shared without disclaimers.
- French President Emmanuel Macron criticized foreign leaders for exploiting the unrest "at France's expense" to campaign for elections; while in Doha, he denied visible foreign interference but acknowledged subsequent foreign manipulation of information.
- According to the Financial Times, regulators are examining possible foreign online interference and disinformation campaigns around the riots; on Tuesday, Netanyahu claimed France faced an "invasion of extremist Islam," while Trump blamed mass immigration for the turmoil.
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France shields itself for the planned mobilizations next Saturday while the big cities of the country maintain the partial night curfews
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The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, criticized on Wednesday the statements of foreign leaders about the disturbances that hit the country on the weekend, defining the speeches as unacceptable and stupid. In reference to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and other international leaders, Macron accused politicians of exploiting the French social crisis for the benefit of his own electoral campaigns and denounced what he calle…
Emmanuel Macron criticized Donald Trump after the American president described France as a country "under siege because of migrants, jihadists and communists. The French leader denounced the comments of foreign leaders, which he described as "unacceptable and stupid." Article Emmanuel Macron attacks Donald Trump after statements about protests in France: "Inacceptable and stupid comments appear first on Romania TV.
The debate on the riots in France continues. President Macron denounced, among other things, the spread of false information on Wednesday. His criticism was also directed against US President Trump, he said.
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