France’s Festering Social Divide Haunts Macron

Emmanuel Macron appears to have gained the upper hand in quelling violence that rocked France following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old of North African descent by a French policeman.

But as an uneasy calm settles over urban centers that saw protesters clash with police, set fires and loot businesses in scenes reminiscent of the 2020 protests in the US over the murder of George Floyd, the French president is left with an even bigger unresolved problem.