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France Denounces US Capitol Violence

Nicolas Pinault

   PARIS - France has condemned Wednesday's violence at the U.S. Capitol
   as "a serious violation against democracy."

   Unlike many world leaders who used written statements to denounce the
   clashes in the U.S. Capitоl, France's president, Emmanuel Macron, took
   the stage in a video posted on his Twitter account Thursday.
   With the hashtag #WeareOne, and the French and U.S. flags behind him,
   Macron criticized "the supporters of a departing president who
   challenge, with arms, the legitimate results of the election."
   He spoke in French and addressed the American people directly in
   English.
   "I just wanted to express our friendship and our faith in the United
   States. What happened today in Washington, D.C., is not America,
   definitely. We believe in the strength of our democracies. We believe
   in the strength of American democracy," Macron said.

     We believe in democracy.[1]#WeAreOne [2]pic.twitter.com/dj3hs66KKn
     -- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) [3]January 7, 2021

   For hours, and late into the night Wednesday, French news channels had
   wall-to-wall coverage of the situation in Washington as many French
   viewed the images with shock.
   For some, the events echoed what happened in France with the "Yellow
   vest" movement over economic issues and its riots in 2018 and 2019.
   Many French politicians, including far-right leader Marine Le Pen and
   former President Francois Hollande spoke publicly about the clashes.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreOne?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://t.co/dj3hs66KKn
   3. https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1346997796180643840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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