French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday blamed “foreign leaders” including those “on the other side of the Atlantic” for trying to exploit France’s tense social climate for political gain after a weekend of violence.
The protests in France over soaring living costs have drawn worldwide attention, with US President Donald Trump saying that Muslim migrants were responsible for the unrest.
He even suggested to Macron to “close your borders and take control before it is too late!”
The demands reported so far centre on prices and public services, not immigration. “AI-generated images depicting scenes that never actually happened in France. “So those people really bother me. The nationwide demonstrations were called against high inflation and the cost of living.
The French interior ministry said 550,000 people attended, while the CGT union put the figure at 800,000.
However, the French President responded by saying that there “has been foreign manipulation of information in the aftermath” of the looting in Paris and other French cities last weekend. “And that has led to comments that are as unacceptable as they are stupid, from many people, including foreign leaders,” he said. We’ve had people claiming that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false”, he said. Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that his office can provide the countries concerned with the necessary clarification, “to help them avoid spreading or amplifying false information and making baseless claims on social media. “The fact is, all the people who are speaking ill of our country right now are people who don’t love our country,” Macron said.
