After pan-bashing, France’s Macron faces Labour Day protests FMTNews FMTSports
French president Emmanuel Macron was met with activists waving red cards during Saturday’s French Cup final football match.
He and his government have since tried to turn the page on the episode of popular discontent, one of the biggest challenges to his second mandate. “We are making sure 2023 goes down in the country’s social history,” he told broadcaster BFMTV ahead of the public holiday.Almost three in four French people were unhappy with Macron, a survey by the IFOP polling group found last month.
Near the Stade de France stadium outside Paris on Saturday, union activists distributed red cards and whistles to football fans coming to watch the final of the French Cup.But security staff confiscated most whistles as supporters entered the stadium, and not a lot of protest was heard at the planned action time of 49 minutes and 30 seconds into the match.
She also postponed any discussion on a controversial immigration bill until the autumn for lack of a parliamentary majority, saying she believed it was not the time for another divisive debate.
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