00:00French President Emmanuel Macron calls for calm after riots rocked France on Sunday,
00:05October 18, resulting in thousands arrested and significant property damage.
00:09Nationwide demonstrations had erupted into riots on Saturday, October 17,
00:13as violent groups clashed with police in cities across France. Fresh clashes broke out in Paris
00:19and Marseille where riot police intervened to prevent attempts to ransack businesses.
00:23Saturday's unrest laid bare the deep anger at Macron who leaves office in 2027 after a decade
00:28in power. His presidency has increasingly become defined by social discontent, a weak economy,
00:34and ballooning debt. Macron says, looking at these images, we have all asked ourselves what was going
00:39through their minds, how can French people do this to France? Macron stopped short of declaring a state
00:45of emergency but says the government would act to allow prefects to ban protests if necessary.
