After denouncing video games earlier this year as a cause for French teenagers rioting on the streets - Emmanuel Macron now says they are great.
Emmanuel Macron - who earlier this year blamed video games for fuelling street violence - has backtracked on his negative stance about gamers.after the police shooting of a teenage boy in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre.Nahel Merzouk triggered nationwide protests and riots, which were shared and celebrated on social media networks, leading Mr Macron to accuse youths of playing"a considerable role" in the unrest.
"We sometimes have the feeling that some of them [rioters] are living in the streets of the video games that have intoxicated them," MrBut at the weekend, he described gamers as"storytellers" and claimed video games were a form of art, sport and entertainment - and inspire young people to use their imagination and be creative."Video games offer opportunities for employment and the future, creating champions, but also engineers, developers, designers and creators.
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