President Macron dismisses Trump's claim that migration caused French unrest, as protests over school conditions escalate into wider violence.
01Summary
- 01Trump said France and Europe must close borders, blaming migrants for the turmoil.
- 02Macron called the remarks 'stupid comments' without naming Trump, saying there is no evidence of foreign interference.
- 03Over 2,000 people, most minors, were arrested in weekend riots that included looting and attacks on city halls.
- 04French authorities have not linked crime with migration and do not collect ethnicity data.
- 05Hungary’s Peter Magyar and Poland’s Donald Tusk used the unrest to justify their own anti-immigration policies.
02Why it matters
The row highlights how a domestic French protest is being co-opted by foreign leaders for their own political ends, especially with US midterm elections approaching.
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