In the latest embarrassment for Emmanuel Macron, the French president drove down a nearly empty Champs-Elysées on Victory Day for fear of protests.
to prove the worth of his government and to appease the anger, unions and protest groups have vowed to give him “100 days of anger” in return.
Reaching the iconic archway — originally commissioned in 1806 following Napoleon Bonaparte’s victory at Austerlitz — Macron performed the traditional laying of the wreath and revival of the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier. A moment of silence was then held to honour those who lost their lives during the war.
Following the ceremony in Paris, the President travelled to Lyon to visit the Montluc Prison Memorial, where French resistance figures in World War II, such as Jean Moulin, were imprisoned. The Élysée Palace said the event was meant to honour the “French Resistance and the victims of Nazi barbarism.”
As was the case in the French capital, police restrictions were also put in place in Lyon to prevent the return of the so-called ‘casserolades’ which have followed Mr Macron at nearly every public appearance since the pension reforms were pushed through the National Assembly.
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