"I say to Donald Trump and the French president says it too: leave our nation be," the minister said during an interview with LCI television.

Across Paris bank branch offices, toy shops, opticians and other retail outlets were covered with graffiti, much of which attacked Mr Macron.

"This chaos has to end," said Andre Juillard, a doctor, as he stood in line with other Parisians at a bakery near the Eiffel Tower.