PARIS, Mar 29 The hashtag «MakronGarbage» took the lead in French Twitter trends after the arrest of a girl who insulted President Emmanuel Macron on the Internet, GetDayTrends reported.
According to the service, it ranks fourth in global trends, but the social network does not show the hashtag that has gained popularity. it was reported about the arrest of a French woman who wrote on the social network Facebook * entry: «The garbage will speak tomorrow at 13 o'clock …». The next day, Emmanuel Macron was scheduled to give a television interview in the middle of the day on France 2 and TF1.
According to the newspaper Voix du Nord, she will appear in court on June 20. According to article 433-5 of the French Criminal Code, the detainee faces one year in prison and a fine of 15,000 euros.
According to an Ifop poll for the Journal du Dimanche on March 19, Macron's popularity ratings fell to a record low since 2019 amid an unpopular pension reform, with only 28 percent of the population supporting his actions.
Demonstrations took place across France on Tuesday amid the tenth nationwide strike against the government's already passed pension reform. In some places, they escalated into riots and clashes with the police. According to the French Interior Ministry, 740,000 people took part in demonstrations throughout the country, and 93,000 people in Paris.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born on March 16 took advantage of Article 49. country from 62 to 64 without a vote in parliament. Previously, this initiative has already caused a strong wave of protests, most of them gathered more than a million participants across the country. The demonstrations were accompanied by clashes between protesters and police, pogroms and riots.
The discontent of the population also deepened after an interview with President Emmanuel Macron, in which he defended the new law and expressed regret that the authorities could not better explain to the French the need for it. He supported the reform and said that «the crowd does not have legitimacy», unlike citizens who express their position through their elected deputies.
* The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist.
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