Two people were arrested. The incident was described by prime minister Jean Castex as an affront to democracy, and far-right leader Marine Le Pen also condemned the attack.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>A man slapped French President Emmanuel Macron in the face and shouted ‘Down with Macronia' at a meet-and-greet in southern France <a href=”https://t.co/kYTSA9wp8p”>https://t.co/kYTSA9wp8p</a> <a href=”https://t.co/pKJhpUIoy5″>pic.twitter.com/pKJhpUIoy5</a></p>— Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=”https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1402368585687732224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>June 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>