France’s President Emmanuel Macron has met with some national police units to show his support after Paris became a theatre of violence and destruction during a weekend protest. France’s President Emmanuel Macron has met with some national police units to show his support after Paris became a theatre of violence and destruction during a weekend protest. France’s Emmanuel Macron has lunch with police following weekend violenceThe Elysee presidential palace said Mr Macron had a “long exchange” over lunch in a police station in eastern Paris on Monday with members of the CRS police units that maintain public order and police officers that control demonstrations. The Paris police chief has said officers had physical confrontations with demonstrators using hammers, gardening tools, bolts, aerosol cans and rocks. Saturday’s demonstration against increased taxes and living costs devolved into France’s worst urban riot in a decade.

Source: Irish Independent December 03, 2018 17:48 UTC