BERLIN (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state go to to Germany that was to start on Sunday because of unrest in France, each international locations introduced on Saturday.
The announcement comes as greater than 1,300 folks have been arrested in France throughout a fourth night time of rioting.
Household and associates of Nahel M, whose taking pictures by police sparked the unrest, gathered on Saturday for {the teenager}’s funeral within the Paris suburb the place he died.
Macron spoke on the cellphone on Saturday with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and briefed him on the scenario, a spokesperson for the German president mentioned.
“President Macron has requested that the deliberate state go to to Germany might be postponed,” the spokesperson mentioned.
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