Macron was talking to a small crowd at a market in Cergy, a northwestern suburb of Paris, when one of the crowd threw a handful of cherry tomatoes at him. The tomatoes hit a passerby and did not connect with the president, but led to voices from the crowd and his guard shouting “missile” before opening an umbrella to protect Macron from further attack. He then walked away from the spot. Emmanuel Macron was hit by a tomato jet during his trip to Cergy pic.twitter.com/3J0hXIZSRP – BFMTV (@BFMTV) April 27, 2022 Macron said he was visiting Cergy, an area of about 65,000 people located about 30 kilometers from the center of Paris, to show his commitment to listening and governing all French people, whoever they voted for. Nearly half – 48 percent – of suburban voters voted for far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melanson in the first round of the April 10 presidential election, with Macron far behind with just 23.7 percent. “I came to say that I heard everyone’s voices and that I will continue to deal with the neighborhoods that face the most difficulties… every day,” Macron said before the incident.
