Macron Booed, Jeered By Factory Workers In His Hometown After Le Pen “Ambush”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Apr 26, 2017
Chaotic scenes broke out during a visit by French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron to striking factory workers in his hometown of Amiens.
Macron was greeted Wednesday with jeers, boos and chants in favour of his far-right rival Marine Le Pen as he made a chaotic visit to the factory in northern France, after what Bloomberg said was “an ambush” by his nationalist rival Marine Le Pen forced him into a confrontation with some of her hardcore supporters.
Earlier on Wednesday, Le Pen had made a surprise visit to the Whirlpool plant on the edge of Amiens while election front-runner Macron was meeting with union leaders from the plant in the center of town. Le Pen told reporters on the picket line that Macron’s decision to meet the workers’ representatives behind closed doors showed his “contempt” for their plight, forcing her rival to change his plans and engage with the demonstrators live on television.
During the hastily arranged visit, some in the crowd shouted “President Marine!” and booed as the 39-year-old former banker stood outside the appliance factory in the rustbelt city of Amiens.
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