The Latest Breaking News from Emmanuel Macron

Grandmother of teen killed by French police pleads for riots to stop

The grandmother of the French teenager shot dead by police during a traffic stop has pleaded with rioters to put an end to the violence, as the nation faced a sixth straight night of unrest. This, as the authorities have expressed outrage over the targeting of a mayor’s home with…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 2, 2023

‘There is no hope’: simmering anger boils over in poverty-riven French district

Situation in Borny mirrors that in many of the neighbourhoods that have clashed with police amid riots

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Family of teenager killed in France call for calm after five days of violent riots

"We want to calm things down" his heartbroken grandmother said

Manchester Evening News · Jul 2, 2023

France faces fifth night of rioting over teenager Nahel's killing by police

Young rioters clashed with police late on Saturday and early on Sunday and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France faced a fifth…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 2, 2023

France unrest appears to be ebbing but more than 700 arrested

France faced fifth night of rioting over police killing of teenager, but intensity of violence appears to be subsiding.

Al Jazeera · Jul 2, 2023

France endures fifth night of violence after teenager’s funeral with street battles in Marseille

Even though the rioting appeared to be less intense on Saturday, with tens of thousands of police deployed in cities across the country, over 700 people were arrested

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023

France faces 5th night of rioting over teen's killing by police, signs of subsiding violence

Young rioters clashed with police and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France faced a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of a teenager

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023

Macron to meet with some 220 mayors of towns that have witnessed riots on Tuesday

French President Emmanuel Macron is to meet on Tuesday with some 220 mayors of towns that have witnessed riots that broke out since the death of the 17-year-old Nahel M. at the hands of a police officer. Seeking to suppress the violent unrest that has swept across major cities the…

France 24 · Jul 2, 2023

Macron scraps German trip as France braces for more violence

President Emmanuel Macron postponed a long-planned state visit to Germany as France braces for a potential fifth night of riots and looting triggered by the police killing of a teenager.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2023

France riots live: teargas fired in Marseille as 45,000 more police deployed across country – as it happened

Police braced for unrest after funeral for Nahel, killed by police on Tuesday, held near Paris on Saturday

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023