The images of the heckling come as polls show Macron’s popularity ratings close to their lowest ever levels. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SELESTAT - French President Emmanuel Macron was loudly booed by crowds in eastern France on Wednesday as he embarked on his first trip out of Paris sinceMacron had been encouraged by allies to get out and meet voters after signing the reform after months of protests, with some fearing he was becoming too reclusive inside the presidential palace.
It was not all condemnation and some people offered him encouragement, including one retiree who told him: “Keep going.” On an earlier stage of his trip Wednesday, police pushed back dozens of protesters banging kitchenware ahead of the president’s arrival in the village of Muttersholtz.Pot-bashing, a form of protest with a long history in France, began during Macron’s address to the nation on Monday evening after he signed the bill into law over the weekend.
Political opponents and trade unions have urged protesters to maintain their campaign against the law and called for a new day of mass protest on May 1.The images of the heckling come as polls show Macron’s popularity ratings close to their lowest ever levels. On Tuesday evening, a private trip by Macron to Saint-Denis, northeast of Paris, also saw around 300 demonstrators voice their anger at his pension changes.
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