5 January 2026 14:43

How has France reacted to the toppling of Venezuela's Maduro by the US?


France’s political class has largely condemned the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ​by US armed forces, but President Emmanuel Macron has denounced neither the method nor the intervention itself, saying the Venezuelan people should “rejoice”. France’s leftwing parties have slammed his comments as a “disgrace”.

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