French President Macron Is Slapped In The Face During A Visit To A Small Town
NPRFrench President Macron Is Slapped In The Face During A Visit To A Small Town Enlarge this image toggle caption Philippe Desmazes/AP Philippe Desmazes/AP French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face as he shook hands in a crowd during a visit Tuesday to a small town in southern France. French media said the two arrested are identified with the yellow vest movement — the mostly white, working-class protests that dogged Macron politically and personally during much of 2018 and 2019. Former socialist President François Hollande tweeted, "To attack a President of the Republic is to give an unbearable intolerable blow to our institutions." "I am the first opponent of Emmanuel Macron, but he is the president of the Republic," she said in an interview.
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