In the footage filmed at midday by a witness, Mr. Macron is seen approaching a small crowd of people in Tain-l’Hermitage, a town in the Drôme region of France that he was visiting to speak with members of the food and restaurant industry ahead of a new loosening of Covid 19-related restrictions this week.
As Mr. Macron was starting a conversation with a longhaired man wearing a khaki T-shirt, the man gripped his forearm and slapped the president on the face, the video showed.
The man also shouted “Down with Macronie,” a term sometimes used derogatively to refer to Mr. Macron’s administration.
Two people have been arrested prompting condemnation of the attack across the political spectrum. Watch:
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