{"id":1059087,"date":"2023-04-12T13:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1658206"},"modified":"2023-04-12T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:09:18","slug":"macron-faces-resistance-abroad-as-well-as-at-home-as-his-visit-to-the-netherlands-is-marred-by-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/04\/12\/macron-faces-resistance-abroad-as-well-as-at-home-as-his-visit-to-the-netherlands-is-marred-by-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron faces resistance abroad as well as at home as his visit to the Netherlands is marred by protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Protests<\/a> noisily disrupted French president Emmanuel Macron<\/a> during a state visit to the Netherlands on 11 April. Banner-waving demonstrators shouted “Where is French democracy?” as Macron gave a speech at the Hague in Amsterdam. These referred to the uprising in France<\/a> over the government’s enforced pension reforms.<\/a><\/p>\n

The demonstrators stood in an upper tier of the theatre, shouting: “You have millions of protesters in the streets”. They also held up a banner that read “President of Violence and Hypocrisy”:<\/p>\n

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Hague, Netherlands\u2026 Citizens hold a banner during Emmanuel Macron\u2019s speech\u2026 \u201cPresident of violence and hypocrisy\u201d<\/p>\n

RESIST \"\ud83d\udd25\"\"\ud83d\udd25\"\"\ud83d\udd25\" pic.twitter.com\/eu8O7RhSfB<\/a><\/p>\n

— Pelham (@Resist_05) April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n