From Doha, the capital of Qatar, where he is completing a three-day tour of the Gulf, the French president has called for firmness against the perpetrators of violence and called a meeting on Thursday with the intelligence services. The latter are accused of having poorly anticipated the social mobilization of Saturday October 17, which gave rise to much violence and looting in several cities.
I fully accept having maintained what was planned, first for the image of France in this region, then in relation to our compatriots, he said during a press conference in Doha, after three days of visits intended in particular to secure France's fuel supplies.
There are people who are campaigning on the backs of France, leaders who are in campaign situations in the region or on the other side of the Atlantic, who sometimes with credulity take up what is in artificial intelligence or who relay what obviously spheres want people to believe, criticized the head of state.
The hand must not shake at the top of the State, said Emmanuel Macron, justifying the highly criticized continuation of his tour in the Gulf the day after a weekend of violence in France.
While the president did not see any visible foreign interference in the events that happened this weekend, he denounced foreign manipulation of information that gave rise to unacceptable comments from many, including foreign leaders.
Emmanuel Macron denounced, Wednesday October 21, foreign leaders who are campaigning at the back of France and have made comments that are unacceptable as well as stupid, targeting without naming the American President, Donald Trump, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.