Vance blames "Western liberals" for violence at protests in France

US Vice President JD Vance has said that the violence accompanying protests in France is tied to the migration policy pursued by "Western liberals". By his account, the policy in question concerns migration from third countries.

Vance thus explains the violent events at the French protests by pointing to the liberal approach to migration. The source gives only this core claim; the original report does not provide further detail on the form, place or circumstances of his statement.

It also does not specify which protests in France are meant, when they took place or who took part in them. Those points are not covered in the source, so they cannot be described reliably.