Macron calls for ‘return to authority, starting with the family’ after riots
The French president went on to also blame social networks for contributing to the unrest.
Emmanuel Macron has called for “order, order, order” and the “return of authority at every level” in the wake of recent urban violence.
From the violence that led to “the burning of schools, town halls, gymnasiums, libraries” and from this “violence of looting”, “the lesson I draw is order, order, order”, declared the President of the Republic in a television interview from New Caledonia.
“Order must prevail. There can be no freedom without order, and that means republican order and a return to calm,” he insisted.
According to the Head of State, “our country needs a return to authority at every level, starting with the family”. He spoke of “authority in schools, authority on the part of elected representatives, authority on the part of our security forces”.
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Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/24/macron-calls-for-return-to-authority-starting-with-the-family-after-riots