The French president Emmanuel Macron postponed the official visit he was going to make from tomorrow, Sunday, evening to Germanyrefers to today’s announcement by the German presidency, after four days of riots in France.

“French President Macron had a telephone conversation with Mr German President Steinmeier and informed him about the situation in his country. President Macron has requested the postponement of his planned official visit to Germany,” the German presidency added in its statement.

“The German president expresses his regret for the postponement and his full understanding due to the situation” in France, the announcement of the German presidency states.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier “is following the situation in France very carefully. He hopes that the violence on the streets will stop soon and that social peace will be restored,” it added.

According to the entourage of the French president, no new date has yet been set for the visit.

In Paris, a source who spoke to AFP insisted that French and German officials have plenty of opportunities to meet, adding that because an official presidential visit is more a way to celebrate Franco-German friendship than a strictly political appointment, the time was not right. the most suitable to be carried out.

At the end of March, the official visit of King Charles III to France had to be canceled due to social unrest linked to the reform of the pension system.