The rioting has forced him to cancel a state visit to Germany. Read more at straitstimes.com.
represent a deeply unwelcome and perilous crisis for President Emmanuel Macron, just as he was looking to press ahead with his second mandate.
that was due to start this weekend and was to have been the first such trip by a French head of state in 23 years. After a first term that became dominated by combating the anti-government Yellow Vests protests and then the Covid-19 pandemic, the centrist’s second term again risks being marked by troubleshooting rather than implementing policy.
He was also mocked in foreign media, which accused him of attending the farewell concert of Elton John in Paris on Wednesday hours before some of the worst rioting in recent days erupted. Mr Macron, whose ruling party lost its overall majority in parliament in the 2022 legislative elections, needs to tread a fine line domestically.
In dealing with the riots Mr Macron has been eager to balance anger over the police killing – which he called “unforgivable” – with stern calls for order including pleas to parents to keep their children home.
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