French President Emmanuel Macron, in a speech to the nation: "Those who tried to bring down the Republic will pay the price." On the demonstrations themselves, Macron drew a line between the two.

Those who protested peacefully against the high cost of living were legitimate in their demonstrations, he said, and the issues driving them came from an international conflict in the Middle East that France did not start.

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