French President Emmanuel Macron released a statement on Saturday afternoon denouncing violent rioters who defaced national landmarks and attacked law enforcement officers in an escalation of protests that began last month.

France protests latest: Macron says ‘no place for violence’ as hundreds arrested after clashes with police - President Emmanuel Macron has appealed for ‘calm’ as police deploy tear gas and riot gear

France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting. The convulsion,

Though Emmanuel Macron was first elected on a platform of social emancipation, over the years he has steadily widened the rift between him and young people, who are taking to the streets on October 17,

Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte seemed oblivious to the mood of a France enraged by soaring living costs, collapsing public finances and an administration paralysed in stalemate.