Several countries of the European Union have expressed concern about the serious public disorders in recent days in France. Yesterday the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, did it, who has seen how the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has been forced to postpone a three-day visit to Germany. “I sincerely hope, and I am totally convinced, that the French head of state will find ways to improve the situation quickly,” Scholz told the public channel ARD.
The Italian deputy prime minister and head of the Foreign Ministry, Antonio Tajani, of the Forza Italia party, assured that there is “obvious malaise” in France. This statement did not go unnoticed, as it hints at a certain intentionality. There was a lot of tension between the two countries a few weeks ago after the French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, maintained that the new Italian government, led by the extreme right, has not managed to solve the migration problem, despite being its priority. The irritation in Rome was capital, although then the reconciliation was staged with the visit of Giorgia Meloni to the Elysee.
The unhealthy glee was clear in Poland. His own government, very conservative, released a video with a montage in which current images of chaos and destruction in France were interspersed with others of peace and tranquility in Poland to emphasize the contrast and, indirectly, defend their own policies. Fires and vandalism were seen in France while in Poland a family had a peaceful picnic, people strolled down the street and a girl smelled a bouquet in a flower shop. The Russian media also gloated over the French troubles. In China, on the other hand, there was hardly any coverage.
