Emmanuel Macron: “There is no alternative.”

France has invoked the European Union's civil protection mechanism to ask for help," President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, warning that the crisis remained 'very intense.'

I don't want that we get used to it. This is not soccer, this is not sport, this is not what we love. We will be uncompromising with those who have been caught. We do not want to see this happen again. It's over. We've had enough. This…

Africa is succeeding. It is the youngest continent in the world and has the highest growth in the world. All that Africa needs is investments to be more sovereign and we want to be partners on an equal level.

Macron welcomed the ruling, saying it completed “an exemplary democratic debate.”