How has France reacted to the toppling of Venezuela's Maduro by the US?

Left to right: satellite images of Fuerte Tiuna military base before and after the US strikes, the US Navy's Iwo Jima on which Maduro was reportedly transported following his capture. © AFP / Montage RFI

France’s political class has largely condemned the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ​by US armed forces, but President Emmanuel Macron has denounced neither the method nor the intervention itself, saying the Venezuelan people should "rejoice". France's leftwing parties have slammed his comments as a "disgrace".

Following early-morning air strikes on Caracus on Saturday, the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. The US administration says the deposed president is now in prison in New York awaiting trial on drug-trafficking and weapons charges.