Macron criticizes foreign leaders over France unrest in Doha

Macron said the comments were stupid or inappropriate, according to reporting by several international media outlets. Euronews reported that he accused foreign leaders of using the unrest for their own political benefit. The remarks followed riots reported in different parts of France during the preceding weekend.

The dispute also focused on attempts to connect looting and violence in France with immigration. POLITICO Europe reported that Macron was responding to what it described as unsubstantiated efforts to make that link, and identified Trump as the politician associated with those comments. Handelsblatt likewise reported that Macron’s criticism explicitly included the US president.

Macron also denounced the spread of false information related to the unrest, according to reporting by Handelsblatt and Clarín. South China Morning Post reported that he said foreign leaders had been influenced by fake videos generated with artificial intelligence. The same newspaper described his remarks as an apparent indirect reference not only to Trump but also to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; the supplied reports do not independently establish whether Macron named Netanyahu directly.

The available reporting establishes Macron’s criticism and its setting in Doha, but the supplied sources do not provide a full transcript of his remarks. They also differ in how they characterize the leaders being addressed, making the reference to Netanyahu a reported interpretation rather than a confirmed direct naming by Macron.