{"id":806964,"date":"2026-10-18T22:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/806964\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:12:09","slug":"macron-calls-for-calm-in-france-and-warns-rioting-must-not-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/806964\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron calls for calm in France and warns rioting must not escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">French President Emmanuel Macron has called for &#8220;calm and order&#8221; after a major day of protests turned into rioting and looting on Saturday, and as some disorder continued in Paris on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a national address from the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, he warned those who had taken part not to &#8220;escalate&#8221;, adding: &#8220;We all feel anger and shame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some 550,000 demonstrators took to the streets for largely peaceful protests against rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services, including schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Macron said a distinction must be drawn between the &#8220;legitimate demands&#8221; of protesters and &#8220;those who destroyed, smashed and looted&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Police have arrested about 2,400 people, according to France&#8217;s interior ministry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The French president said &#8220;nothing justifies&#8221; the &#8220;unbridled&#8221; violence seen and said those involved would face justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Groups of rioters, some dressed in black and wearing masks and balaclavas, also came out in Paris, Marseille and other towns and cities, with some setting fire to cars and buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French President Emmanuel Macron has called for &#8220;calm and order&#8221; after a major day of protests turned into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-806964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}