Protester slaps French President Emmanuel Macron in face
1464 Tuesday, 08 June, 2021, 20:40 French police have arrested two people after French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face. The incident took place as Macron took part in a walkabout session in a town in southeastern France. Police made two arrests after the French president was slapped in the face by a man in the crowd during a walkabout session in France's Drome region. A video clip published by French media showed a man in a green T-shirt wearing glasses and a face mask shout "Down with Macronia," before slapping Macron. How the incident unfolded Macron had been seen walking towards a crowd of apparent well-wishers behind a metal barrier in the village of Tain-l'Hermitage. He reached out his hand to greet the individual, who then hit him. During the incident, the man — whose identity and motives were initially unclear — could be heard shouting "Montjoie Saint Denis" —a French army battle cry from when the country was still a monarchy. A presidential security entourage quickly intervened to pull the protester to the ground and move Macron away. 'An affront to democracy' "Around 1:15 p.m. (1115 UTC/GMT), the president got back into his car after visiting a high school and came back out because onlookers were calling out to him," the prefecture said. "He went to meet them and that's where the incident happened." French Prime Minister Jean Castex condemned the incident as "an affront to democracy." "Politics can never be violence, verbal aggression, much less physical aggression," the premier told parliament. |
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