On Tuesday, a bystander slapped French President Emmanuel Macron in the face while on a trip to southeastern France, the second stop on a nationwide tour. Pictures on social media and news channel BFM showed A Macron approaching a barrier and being greeted by a bystander who then slapped him in the face.
President Emmanuel Macron was slapped on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers during a visit to a southern French city, a video of the incident showed. Macron’s bodyguards intervened and two people were arrested, local officials said. The French president’s security apparatus intervened, tearing the man to the ground and removing Macron from him and from the crowd.
French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a crowd in the southeastern French city of Tain-lHermitage. France’s president Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a man during a Tuesday visit to the southern French town of Le Larmitage in southeastern France.
Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a man during his visit to a small town in southeastern France on Tuesday, an incident that had widespread support for the president from politicians across the ideological spectrum. French President Emmanuel Macron slapped a man in the face during a visit to the southeastern French city of Tain-lHermitage on Tuesday. PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a hoodie and baseball cap during a visit to a city in southeastern France on Tuesday, an incident that sparked broader support for the leader of France’s far-right across the political spectrum.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to journalists at a hospitality school in Tain-lHermitage, southeastern France, on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Macron was greeted by a crowd as he visited a high school that trains students to work in hotels and restaurants.
Emmanuel Macron, the French President, gets a slap in the face while shaking hands with the crowd on Tuesday while visiting a small town in southeastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive for lunch in Valence, southeastern France, on Tuesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron was struck in the face on Tuesday while shaking hands behind a barrier in a small town in southeastern France. A man slapped President Emmanuel Macron in the face while walking in the south of France on Tuesday. Video from the scene shows the French president walking past a small crowd waiting at a barricade.
In a video on social media, Macron reached out to greet a man as a small crowd of onlookers stood behind a metal barrier during a vocational school visit. The man, wearing a khaki T-shirt, shouted “Macronia bas macronie” and struck the president on the left side of his face.
The video shows the man punching Macron in the face as his bodyguards push him away and Macron rushes to the scene. He manages to avert his face from the attacker before his right hand connects, making it appear as if the man has struck a glancing blow rather than a direct one. His bodyguards stand by him and raise their hands in defense, but he is a fraction of a second late to stop the slap.
Macron was greeted by members of the public behind a barrier in the town of Tain-Lhermitage as he visited a high school. French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during lunch at Tain Lhermitages High School in Tain Lhermitage, France, June 8, 2021. Macron visited the area to talk about his country’s relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions.
French President Emmanuel Macron was hit in the face during a visit to a small town in southeastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron, visiting a town in southeastern France on Tuesday, has two men arrested after a slap in the face. PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron condemned “violence and stupidity” after being slapped by a man during a visit to the small town of Agincourt in the southeastern Provence-Lyon region on Tuesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, is attacked by a man in a green T-shirt on Tuesday, 8 June 2021 during a visit to Tain-Lhermitage in France. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned “violence and stupidity” after being slapped by a person wearing a green T-shirt during a visit to a small town in southeastern France on Tuesday.
A video was filmed in a green T-shirt with a man punching French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) in the face as the president’s bodyguards pushed him away as he rushed to the scene in the small town in southeastern France. The incident sparked widespread support for Macron from politicians across the ideological spectrum.
During a 2018 trip to celebrate the centenary of World War I – End was Emmanuel Macron booed and heckled by angry citizens, the AFP news agency reported. At a time when yellow vest protests were growing to denounce government policies, Macron and his leadership style were attacked as aloof and arrogant. Macron received a wave of support from across France’s political spectrum.
On a tour 2018 to mark the centenary of World War I’s end, there were scenes of angry citizens booing and heckling him. In July last year, Macron and his wife Brigitte were abused verbally by a group of protesters, during an impromptu walk through the Tuileries Gardens in central Paris on Bastille Day.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Union Party and Macron’s main opponent in next year’s presidential election, said it was “unacceptable” to attack the president. Macron had been attacked at previous meetings, the AFP news agency reported. His sometimes professorial, sometimes hostile style has led to raucous interactions going viral, with critics saying there is no evidence he is dismissive or dismissive.
