Security guards prevented further attempts to slap the head of state. The Elysee Palace confirmed the truth videos from an incident published by BFM TV.
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French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped across the face by a man during a trip to southeast France on Tuesday. Macron approached a barrier to shake hands with a man who slapped the 43-year-old across the face in the village of Tain-l´Hermitage in the Drome region. pic.twitter.com/tk8VYwMo5m
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Last week, President Macron launched a six-week domestic tour in which he wants to “reach for the pulse” of France, which is just emerging from the crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic, according to the Elysee Palace.
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The clash took place in the village of Tain-l’Hermitage in front of the hotel’s secondary school, which Macron attended. Although the video looks like an intervention in the video, according to AFP, the president’s collaborators insist that it was just an “slapping attempt”. Police detained two men in connection with the attack.
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The French president is trying to impress voters these days before the upcoming local elections and also before the presidential race scheduled for next year, the French media writes.
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