French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to a booing crowd in Mayotte as he toured the devastation attributable to Cyclone Chido.
“I’ve nothing to do with the cyclone,” Macron stated. “You can blame me, however it wasn’t me.”
The territory, positioned north of Madagascar, is the poorest a part of France. It suffers from intensive social and financial issues, together with excessive charges of unlawful immigration from neighboring Comoros and poor-quality housing and public providers.