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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Emmanuel Macron gets booed and whistled by French crowd during his speech at the opening ceremony of Rugby World Cup 2023.
Emmanuel Macron has been left red-faced this evening after being booed by thousands of rugby fans in France this evening.
The French President received a frosty reception as he addressed the crowds at the Stade de France to mark the opening of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
The controversial politician has come under fire in recent months over the migrant crisis, as well mass protests which have taken place throughout the country.
In another news, France has been gripped by a deepening political crisis since the French president authorized the use of a constitutional maneuver to bypass a vote in the French parliament over his plans to increase the legal age of retirement to 64 from 62. Scenes of chaos and disruption have marked weekly protests and strikes in France amid allegations of violence against French security forces.
After the incident, Macron resumed his speech, saying that “this is democracy, because it is a place where you can … have such incidents,” as opposed to other authoritarian regimes in the world.
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