How can French people do this to France? We all feel shame: French President on nationwide riots. A day after France suffered one of its worst days of unrest in years, the country's President Emmanuel Macron said, "Looking at these images, we have all asked ourselves: How can French people do this to France?" "Nothing justifies it, nothing explains it, nothing excuses it...we all feel...shame," he added. Rioters looted shops, clashed with police and damaged.