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Macron postpones the visit to Germany / Cause, the riots in France

2023-07-01 15:31:08, Kosova & Bota CNA

Macron postpones the visit to Germany / Cause, the riots in France

French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany that was scheduled to start on July 2, after four days of unrest in France. The news was confirmed by the presidency of Germany.

"French President Macron spoke today by phone with German President [Frank-Walter] Steinmeier and informed him of the situation in his country," the German presidency said on June 1.

"President Macron requested the postponement of his planned state visit to Germany," he added.

France's interior ministry said 1,311 people had been arrested overnight, compared with 875 the night before, although the violence was, it said, "at a lower intensity".

Nahel, a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan descent, was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop on June 27 in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. His murder has sparked mass protests across France.

In a statement, the Elysee said Macron had expressed his desire to stay in France over the next few days, given the situation in the country.

A source told the AFP news agency that no new date has been agreed for the postponed visit.

Steinmeier "regrets the cancellation and has full understanding given the situation in our neighboring country," said a statement released by his office.

He hopes that "the street violence will end as soon as possible and that social peace can be restored."

The state visit was seen as an opportunity to revive relations between the two EU giants. The three-day trip would have marked the first state visit by a French president to Germany since 2000, when Jacques Chirac traveled to Berlin.

A French source noted, however, that the two sides have "many opportunities" to meet and that this visit was more of a meeting to celebrate Franco-German friendship than a strictly political meeting.

As such, the time for this visit was not "appropriate"./ REL





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