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France at risk of 'décivilisation', Macron tells cabinet meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron shown speaking during the North Sea summit in Ostend, Belgium on April 24, 2023. © Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron told ministers at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that the country is seeing a trend towards "décivilisation", government sources said. Macron's remarks followed the deaths of a nurse and three policemen in the past week as well as a fatal shooting in Marseille. 

"We must be uncompromising on the fundamentals," Macron told ministers at a cabinet meeting. "There is no such thing as 'legitimate' violence, whether it be verbal or [physically] targeting people."

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