in India, Emmanuel Macron calls on “extreme parties” to “clean up” | EUROtoday

Throughout his keep in India, Emmanuel Macron shunned feedback on the political state of affairs in France, the place the demise of far-right activist Quentin Deranque ignited debates. The head of state waited till Thursday February 19, the day of his return flight, to name the “extreme parties” has “do the housework”, “the extreme left in this case”however “the extreme right too, which sometimes has in its ranks activists who justify violence”. In the Republic, there isn’t a “no room for movements that adopt and legitimize violence”, he estimated, and “nothing can justify violent action on either side.” To Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who sees on this lethal assault “an injury to Europe”, the top of state sharply suggested to cease “comment on what is happening with others”.

Before that, Mr Macron had stayed distant from French political fever and had used his fourth official journey to India since 2018 to domesticate his recognition within the Indian subcontinent. Between his interview with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Monday February 16, and the inaugural session of the AI ​​Impact Summit 2026, Thursday February 19, he alternated social gatherings, vacationer visits, notably to a Sikh temple, and seduction operations geared toward Indians. On this final chapter, the French head of state invited Indian college students to return in higher numbers to France, with an argument that made them smile within the auditorium of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences: “In France, research value a lot lower than in lots of different nations, he stated. That does not imply they’re of poor high quality both! »

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