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| 'Call me Mr President’: Emmanuel Macron scolds teenager | 'Call me Mr President’: Emmanuel Macron scolds teenager |
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| Like most politicians, French President Emmanuel Macron seems to enjoy pressing the flesh and posing for selfies when on public outings. | Like most politicians, French President Emmanuel Macron seems to enjoy pressing the flesh and posing for selfies when on public outings. |
| Just don’t call him by a nickname. | Just don’t call him by a nickname. |
| A cheeky teen who dared greet him with a breezy “How’s it going, Manu” during an official outing near Paris on Monday was left red-faced after receiving a sharp dressing-down from the 40-year-old centrist. | A cheeky teen who dared greet him with a breezy “How’s it going, Manu” during an official outing near Paris on Monday was left red-faced after receiving a sharp dressing-down from the 40-year-old centrist. |
| “No, you can’t do that, no, no, no, no,” Macron told the youngster who was waiting with a group of schoolfriends to meet him during his visit to the Mont Valerien fort near Paris, where hundreds of French Resistance members were executed during the second world war. | “No, you can’t do that, no, no, no, no,” Macron told the youngster who was waiting with a group of schoolfriends to meet him during his visit to the Mont Valerien fort near Paris, where hundreds of French Resistance members were executed during the second world war. |
| “Sorry, Mr President,” the teenager said, looking abashed. | “Sorry, Mr President,” the teenager said, looking abashed. |
| But Macron did not let matters rest there. Admonishing the junior high school student, he said: “You’re here, at an official ceremony and you should behave. You can play the fool but today it’s the Marseillaise, the Chant des Partisans [French Resistance song], so you call me ‘Mister President’ or ‘sir’. Ok? There you go.” | But Macron did not let matters rest there. Admonishing the junior high school student, he said: “You’re here, at an official ceremony and you should behave. You can play the fool but today it’s the Marseillaise, the Chant des Partisans [French Resistance song], so you call me ‘Mister President’ or ‘sir’. Ok? There you go.” |
| China crisis: Macrons under fire in France over cost of new plates | China crisis: Macrons under fire in France over cost of new plates |
| Macron told the teen, who had begun by singing a few lines from the Socialist anthem The Internationale – a dig at the president’s pro-business reforms – to “do things in the right order”. | Macron told the teen, who had begun by singing a few lines from the Socialist anthem The Internationale – a dig at the president’s pro-business reforms – to “do things in the right order”. |
| “The day you want to start a revolution you study first in order to obtain a degree and feed yourself, ok? And then you can lecture others,” he said. | “The day you want to start a revolution you study first in order to obtain a degree and feed yourself, ok? And then you can lecture others,” he said. |
| The exchange, which was captured on camera, was widely shared on social media. | The exchange, which was captured on camera, was widely shared on social media. |
| It comes as Macron – who adopted a regal, top-down style on taking office – himself faces criticism for his at-times blunt language. | It comes as Macron – who adopted a regal, top-down style on taking office – himself faces criticism for his at-times blunt language. |
| In an official video shared by his office last week he complained that the French were spending a “crazy amount of dough” on social security. | In an official video shared by his office last week he complained that the French were spending a “crazy amount of dough” on social security. |
| Macron’s critics held the video up as evidence that the man they call the “president of the rich” lacked empathy with the poor. | Macron’s critics held the video up as evidence that the man they call the “president of the rich” lacked empathy with the poor. |
| Last year, Macron also raised the hackles of the left by calling protesting opponents of his labour reforms “slackers”. | Last year, Macron also raised the hackles of the left by calling protesting opponents of his labour reforms “slackers”. |
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