{"id":24252,"date":"2026-10-19T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/19\/macron-condemns-protest-violence-vows-tough-response\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:15:14","slug":"macron-condemns-protest-violence-vows-tough-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/10\/19\/macron-condemns-protest-violence-vows-tough-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron condemns protesters&#8217; demands, vows tough response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has described the violence during the recent public protests as unjustifiable and said the government would deal firmly with those who disrupted public order. He also stressed that those responsible for vandalism and looting during the protests would be brought to trial.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Macron promised that the government would clarify its strategy for maintaining security and public order so that people would be informed of plans to confront disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the French president blamed rising fuel prices on the United States&#8217; war with Iran and said the collapse in prices had angered some protesters. According to him, the protests were partly due to the sharp increase in fuel costs, which he said was a result of this war.<\/p>\n<p>Public protests in France in recent months have erupted after a rise in fuel prices and have been accompanied by heavy clashes with security forces. The protests have had significant economic and social effects on citizens and the country&#8217;s overall situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macron condemns violence in France&#8217;s protests and vows a tough government response to looting, vandalism and public disorder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}