The Elysee comments on the incident of "slapping" Macron... and the arrest of two men on charges of "assault"
The French president was on a tour in the south of the country
The Elysee Palace has commented on the incident of a man slapping French President Emmanuel Macron during a tour in southeastern France, on Tuesday, while two men were imprisoned in connection with the assault.
The video shows the moment Macron approached a crowd to salute him, before being slapped by the man who was shouting "Down with the macaroni", then security forces intervened to arrest the man and remove Macron.
Macron during his attack.
In the video, a man slaps Macron
A man slapped French President Emmanuel Macron during a tour of southeastern France on Tuesday.
The Elysee said in a statement to CNN that "a man has already tried to hit the President of the Republic," adding: "We have no further comments at this stage. Interactions with the crowd and handshakes have resumed. The trip continues."
Meanwhile, two 28-year-old men, the man who slapped Macron and another who was accompanying him, have been jailed for assaulting a person holding a public office, according to the Valence city prosecutor's office.
Right-wing leader Marine Le Pen called the physical assault on the president "unacceptable".
Macron's tour comes less than a year before the presidential election, and weeks before the local elections. The French president had announced that he wanted to "go to the regions to feel the pulse of the people and communicate with them."
The moment of the attack on President Macron
It carries historical symbolism.. the secret of the slogan chanted by Macron's attacker
The outcry of the assailant who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday raised questions about the meaning and connotations it carries, which may "explain" his action, at a time when many condemned what he had done.
It carries historical symbolism.. the secret of the slogan chanted by Macron's attacker
The outcry of the assailant who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday raised questions about the meaning and connotations it carries, which may "explain" his action, at a time when many condemned what he had done.
While the phrase "Down with the Macaroni" indicates a rejection of the French president's policies, the phrase "Montjoa Saint Denis" remains ambiguous to many.
A man slapped French President Emmanuel Macron during a tour of southeastern France, Tuesday.
After Macron shook hands with him, the man who was shouting "Down with the macaroni" surprised the French president with a slap in the face before the security men intervened. pic.twitter.com/Y5eXExq49Q
Al Hurra Channel (@alhurranews) June 8, 2021
Before slapping Macron, the assailant grabbed the president's hand and shouted at him, "Monjoie Saint-Denis", which is actually a phrase of two words, the first "Mon Joa", which symbolizes the banner of a historical war, and "Saint-Denis" which is a synonym. To describe Saint Denis.
Many regions and churches in France bear the name of this saint, led by the municipality of "Saint Denis" in the capital, Paris.
And the slogan "Mon Joa Saint-Denis" is an expression used by some supporters of the French far-right, especially supporters of the royalists, according to the "Acte Saint-Denis" website.
French historians say that this cry symbolizes an ancient battle that took place between the eleventh and twelfth centuries, during the reign of the Captians.
The Capetians are a dynasty that includes all those attributed to Ugo Capet, the ancient king of France, according to the French RTL website.
The King of Spain, Juan Carlos, and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg are also members of this family, through the branch of the Bourbon dynasty, as Paul Quintel explains, in his Encyclopedia Universalis.
Paul Quintell explained that "it is difficult to determine the origin of the phrase, but it appears that it was already used in the Battle of the Bouvines during the reign of King Philip II."
For the Capetian kings, this cry made it possible to summon Saint Denis and benefit from his protection during battle.
This cry, as old as it may sound, has appeared several times in French political history.
Most recently, a Nanterre court convicted three students, members of Action Française, a small right-wing royalist group that advocates anti-Protestantism, anti-Masonry, xenophobia and anti-Semitism.
The three students were convicted in 2018, after altercations with a French parliamentarian named Eric Cockrell, and all three of them chanted the same slogan.
Commenting on what happened today, Cockerell tweeted, "Do you take the violence of the extreme right seriously now?"
🚨 "Montjoie Saint-Denis" prononcé avant la gifle sur le Président: ce slogan est celui de l'extrême-droite royaliste.
Exactement ce qu'est Papacito. Ça y est, vous la prenez au sérieux la violence d'extrême-droite maintenant ? Solidaire du Presidentpic.twitter.com/MrIlcYrAQc
— Eric Coquerel (@ericcoquerel) June 8, 2021
In another tweet, Cockrell said, "This slogan I know very well, I was attacked by the right-wing royalist group Action Française at the beginning of my term with the same cry."
🚨 Ce slogan prononcé avant la gifle sur Macron, je le connais. Le groupuscule d'extrême-droite royaliste Action Française m'avait agressé en début de mandat avec le même cri
Nous n'avons jamais cessé d'alerter. Vous mesurez le danger maintenant ? Ma solidarité au President. pic.twitter.com/IGwPBSYRpg
— Eric Coquerel (@ericcoquerel) June 8, 2021
Then he continued, expressing his solidarity with the French president: "I have never stopped warning, do you see the danger now? My solidarity with the president."
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