Watch: Tomatoes Thrown At French President On First Appearance After Re-Election

French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted with tomatoes throughout his first look in public since his re-election on Sunday. Mr Macron was greeting the French folks following his convincing victory within the presidential election when somebody from the group hurled tomatoes at him. The tomatoes, nonetheless, missed the president.

A video on Twitter confirmed Mr Macron, surrounded by his safety, accepting greetings from his supporters when tomatoes have been thrown at him. The tomatoes missed the French president and, as an alternative, hit one in all his safety guards, who shouted “projectile”.

The safety officers instantly lined Mr Macron from all instructions after which one in all them unfolded a particular umbrella to defend him from above. The incident triggered a short commotion as safety officers appeared to persuade Mr Macron to maneuver to a safer place.

Within the footage, we are able to see Mr Macron leaving the situation after the incident.

Watch the video right here:

Emmanuel Macron made his first look since his election, he obtained tomato from the French crowd. pic.twitter.com/s6AnNM75TI

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Mr Macron defeated his rival and far-right leader Marine Le Pen within the election. In his second time period, the 44-year-old president must confront a lot of hurdles, starting with parliamentary elections in June, the place sustaining a majority can be key to reaching his reform targets.

His first time period was marred by road protests in France towards the pro-business reforms. Many count on the protests to start out yet again through the second time period. Already, a crowd of mostly young people had gathered in central Paris after Mr Macron’s re-election. Police needed to spray teargas to disperse the demonstrators.