It was the second time this year that unrest in France has forced Macron to postpone high profile encounters with a head of state after Britain's King Charles cancelled a visit due to protests over pension legislation.
"A state visit is a visit of friendship, purely ceremonial, there will be a better time to do so," a Macron aide told Reuters, asking not to be named.
Macron spoke on the phone on Saturday with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and briefed him on the situation, a spokesperson for the German president said.
The state visit was to see Macron cross Germany from west to east before giving a speech on bilateral relations.
"The state visit can be made up for later, but the violent protests and the reactions to them also show how charged the political mood in France is at the moment," he added.
Persons:
Yves Herman BERLIN, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Britain's King Charles, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Yann Wernert, Jacques Delors, Andreas Rinke, Elizabeth Pineau, Tom Sims, Richard Lough, Giles Elgood, Andrew Cawthorne
Organizations:
REUTERS, Thomson
Locations:
Nanterre, Paris suburb, France, Germany, Paris, Berlin