Watch: Tomatoes thrown at Macron on visit to Paris suburb market
The president was not hit and was promptly escorted away by his security team
Mr Macron had several cherry tomatoes thrown at him today (April 27) on a visit to Cergy
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President Emmanuel Macron had several cherry tomatoes thrown at him while on a visit to a market in Cergy (Val d鈥橭ise) this afternoon (April 27).
Mr Macron was talking to people in a crowd in the northwestern Paris suburb, when the fruits were thrown.
The tomatoes hit a passerby but did not reach the president, whose bodyguards quickly opened an umbrella to shield him.
Mr Macron鈥檚 visit to the area, which was his first outing since his reelection on Sunday (April 24) was then cut short as he was escorted away by his security team.
Around 48% of Cergy voters had backed Far-Left candidate Jean-Luc M茅lenchon (La France Insoumise) in the first round of this year鈥檚 presidential election, with only 23.7% voting for the incumbent president.
Mr Macron said that he had been visiting the area to show his commitment to listen to all 麻豆传媒映画, regardless of who they voted for.
鈥淚 have come to say that I have heard the voices of each and everyone, and that I will continue to be engaged with the neighbourhoods that are most in difficulty [鈥 every day,鈥� he had commented before the incident took place, Franceinfo reports.
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