France, Oct. 21 -- Anyone seeking to cause disorder during Saturday's protests will be stopped, Macron said, adding that he would meet French intelligence services on Thursday.

Last weekend's demonstrations against the cost of living, fuel prices and worsening conditions in schools were accompanied by violence and looting in several French cities.

Nearly 2,400 people have been arrested, the Interior Ministry said. By Tuesday, 149 people had been jailed. AI fakes and migrant claims

There had been no "visible foreign interference in the events that took place", Macron said. What followed instead was "foreign manipulation of information" that led to "comments as unacceptable as they were stupid from many, including foreign leaders".

"The...