Police guard at the Macrons' pastry shop amid unrest in France

What the sources report

The presence of heavy police forces outside a shop belonging to Brigitte Macron's family in Amiens during last Saturday's (17/10) clashes has caused controversy in France. CNN Greece

It concerns the Jean Trogneux pastry shop, run by Jean-Baptiste Trogneux, great-nephew of France's First Lady. Politis

The police union Alliance Police Union published a statement with barbs against Emmanuel Macron, writing: “Mr Macron, democracy is not your private property.” Ethnos

The prefect of the Somme denies that CRS personnel were deployed to protect the Trogneux store. Newsbeast

According to the statement, several hundred people tried for almost three hours to breach the barricades, and a CRS platoon was urgently deployed to protect all businesses in the city centre. Newsbeast

Where they differ

Ethnos, Newsbeast, Zougla and Mononews write that the store was under the protection of at least two platoons of CRS, at least two platoons of the CRS, at least two platoons of the CRS and at least two platoons of the CRS, while Politis and CNN Greece, citing Le Parisien, write that six CRS vehicles, roughly half a unit, had been deployed in front of the store and that six CRS vehicles correspond to roughly half a platoon. CNN Greece Mononews Newsbeast Zougla Ethnos Politis

Ethnos and Newsbeast write that at least 2,000 shops and businesses were targeted in attacks, and at least 2,000 shops and businesses were targeted in attacks, while Zougla and Mononews write of at least 3,000 shops with serious vandalism and at least 3,000 shops with vandalism and looting. Mononews Newsbeast Zougla Ethnos