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Macron backs Lula, condemns Brazil violence
"The will of the Brazilian people and the democratic institutions must be respected!" he tweeted.
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks about the relationship between Louisiana and France at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 2, 2022. (AFP/Ludovic Marin)
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rench President Emmanuel Macron condemned the actions of hundreds of supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro who on Sunday stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court.
"The will of the Brazilian people and the democratic institutions must be respected!" he tweeted.
"President @LulaOficial can count on France's unwavering support," he added, referring to recently elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
A statement from the French foreign ministry also condemned the violence "in the strongest terms".
The assaults on the three institutions "constitute an unacceptable questioning of the result of a democratic election, won without ambiguity on October 30 last by Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva", the statement added.
Earlier Sunday, US President Joe Biden on Sunday condemned the actions of supporters of Bolsonaro who invaded the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court.
Biden said in a tweet he condemned "the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil. Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined."
Biden said looked forward to continuing to work with President Lula.
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez on Sunday called on the region to unite against "anti-democratic" mob attacks in Brazil after supporters of Bolsonaro stormed the three branches of government in Brasilia.
"I want to express my repudiation of what is happening in Brasilia. My unconditional support and that of the Argentine people to @LulaOficial in the face of this coup attempt he is facing," Fernandez wrote on his Twitter account.
Fernandez added that "as president of CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) and of Mercosur, I warn the member countries to unite against this unacceptable anti-democratic reaction that Brazil is trying to impose."
The Argentine president also demanded a regional show of "total support to the democratically elected government of Brazilians headed by President Lula."
In turn, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero expressed his solidarity with Lula "in the face of the right-wing coup actions in Brazil."
