PARIS: The riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager represent a deeply unwelcome and perilous crisis for President Emmanuel Macron, just as he was looking to press ahead with
represent a deeply unwelcome and perilous crisis for President Emmanuel Macron, just as he was looking to press ahead with his second mandate.
But the images of shops ransacked and buses burned across the country also risk hurting Macron's international standing at a time when he wants to play an instrumental role in ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine and be seen as Europe's number one powerbroker.cancel a state visit to Germany The postponement is doubly awkward for the Elysee as Macron had earlier this year put off a planned state visit by the UK's King Charles III - which would have been his first foreign trip as monarch - due to the often-violent pensions protests.
After a first term that became dominated by combating the anti-government Yellow Vests protests and then the COVID-19 pandemic, the centrist's second term again risks being marked by troubleshooting rather than implementing policy.
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