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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Emmanuel Macron’s uphill battle to achieve ‘lasting order’ in deeply divided France

A row of police helmets in the foreground and people running away from them through a cloud of yellow smoke
French police use teargas on a crowd in Paris amid a wave of protests in response to the police shooting of a teenager in an outer suburb of the city. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images

Emmanuel Macron is facing the biggest domestic challenge of his fraught second term in office, after the police shooting of a teenager of Algerian origin at a traffic stop last week led to multiple nights of urban unrest.

The French president on Tuesday announced crisis funding to help the reconstruction of burned-out buildings and public services. But questions remain over deep divisions in French society and the political class.

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