French president made the remarks in his first public address since clashes over the police shooting of a black teenager in late June
Emmanuel Macron has thrown his support behind the French police, saying his emphasis is on restoring “order” after riots broke out in parts of the country.
In his first public address since clashes over the police shooting of a black teenager at the end of June, Mr Macron thanked Gerald Darmanin, the interior minister, for his handling of the outbreaks and expressed sympathy for police and gendarmes who faced “unspeakable” and “unprecedented” waves of violence for days.
He emphasised the importance of restoring law and order.
“The first lesson I draw from this is order, order, order,” the French president told journalists at TF1 and France 2 in a taped interview from New Caledonia where he is on a diplomatic tour of the South Pacific.