Macron Ditches EU Summit to Return to France after Riots

President Emmanuel Macron ditched the EU summit in Brussels, Friday, early to return to France urgently.

France is currently witnessing a fierce wave of unrest and violent acts over the police shooting of a teenager.

Macron made some video statements he blamed social media for fuelling violence and said it had played a "significant role in the events of the past few days".

He said: "We sometimes have the feeling that some of them [rioters] are living in the streets of the video games that have intoxicated them."

Yesterday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced deploying 40,000 officers to quell the violence that erupted in several cities and towns in the wake of a police shooting act.

French Justice Minister Eric Dupond Moretti confirmed that 130 police officers had been injured, without providing updates about the type of injuries.