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Outrage as French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte pictured with Elton John and David Furnish amid France riots
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Baku, June 30, AZERTAC
Sir Elton John and David Furnish were pictured alongside President of France Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte as Paris burned for a third night amid ongoing riots.
The President caused outrage among the French people as he attended Sir Elton’s concert in Paris on Wednesday night, according to The Telegraph, while citizens rioted over a fatal police shooting that led to the death of teenager Nahel M.
President Macron, 45, and Brigitte, 70, have since been pictured backstage alongside Sir Elton, 76, and his husband Furnish, 60, following the show.
His schmoozing with the pop icon has left the general public outraged, with Thierry Mariani, an MEP for National Rally, speaking out against the President.
‘While France was on fire, Macron was not at the side of his minister of the interior or the police but he preferred to applaud Elton John,’ he said, as reported by The Spectator.
The teenage boy, known only as Nahel M, was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop in the town of Nanterre, just west of Paris, on Tuesday, June 27.
Since the killing, a number of French towns have seen three nights of riots, with at least 667 people being arrested according to the French interior minister Gerald Darmanin.
There are reports in local media that violence has spread to the Belgian capital of Brussels.
This is the second fatal shooting by French police at traffic stops this year. Last year, there were a record 13 deaths during police traffic stops in France, after three in 2021 and two in 2020.