France’s Emmanuel Macron has lunch with police following weekend violence
The country’s premier Edouard Philippe met representatives of the major parties.
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.
The 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.
Earlier, French prime minister Edouard Philippe held talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris.
