A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post.
The months-long protest movement against the pension reform has sent social tensions spiralling in France.PARIS - A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post, a prosecutor said.
The complaint focused on a post on her Facebook page made on March 21, the day before Macron gave a lunchtime interview to TF1 television to defend his controversial pension reforms that have sparked nationwide protests. She stands accused of"insulting the president of the republic" and will stand trial on June 20 in Saint Omer, the prosecutor said.
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