Macron asks after violent protests: "How can French people do this to France?"

In a televised address after nationwide protests over living costs turned violent, President Emmanuel Macron condemned the looting and damage in French cities and said he had ordered a review of intelligence gathering and police readiness. Saturday’s marches drew more than 500,000 people and combined a month-long student movement with wider anger over prices and public services; while many demonstrated peacefully, violent groups burned Limoges’s town hall, ransacked shops and clashed with police. The interior minister reported over 2,000 arrests and more than 600 injured officers, and one protester died after cardiac arrest in Paris. Clashes resumed in Paris on Sunday. The government attributed the violence to hard-left and ultra-left groups and criminals. Macron also planned talks with students, teachers, unions, lawmakers and businesses as the unrest increased pressure before the coming presidential election.