Macron's plane touched down in Saint Martin as anger grew over looting and lawlessness in the French-Dutch territory after Hurricane Irma. "Now is not the time for controversy," he said, adding: "Returning life to normal is the absolute priority." Touring Saint Martin, Macron was at times jeered by people waiting for aid supplies or hoping to catch flights for France in order to escape the devastation across the island. A mother picking up her daughter, a survivor who flew to Paris on Monday, said government help was non-existent on Saint Martin. The French were much quicker on Saint Martin to evacuate people," tourist Kitty Algra told Dutch newspaper AD.

Source: The Local September 13, 2017 07:30 UTC