But his plan for normalcy was overshadowed by violent rioting this month after the fatal police shooting of a teenager.
“The lesson I’ve drawn is, first, order, order, order,” Mr. Macron told the TF1 and France 2 television channels from New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific — the first of several stops on a trip to Oceania this week.
The officer who fired the fatal shot has been charged with voluntary homicide and detained.
Thousands of cars were burned and hundreds of buildings were damaged, including schools, police stations and town halls.
The unrest lasted less than a week but was rooted in deeply seated anger and mistrust toward the police in France’s poorer, minority-dominated urban enclaves.
Persons:
Emmanuel Macron, Mr, Macron, Macron’s, Nahel Merzouk
Organizations:
TF1, Pacific
Locations:
France, New Caledonia, Oceania, French, North, Paris