French President Macron egged at fair

Rachel BossmeyerAAP
VideoFrench President Emmanuel Macron was struck with an egg during a visit to a food trade fair

French President Emmanuel Macron almost got egg on his face during a visit to a food fair in the town of Bron near Lyon.

Video footage from the event clearly shows a well-boiled egg bouncing off Macron’s shoulder without breaking.

The 19-year-old who threw the egg at close range was immediately arrested, according to the public prosecutor’s office in Lyon.

The motive for the egging remains unclear but intentional violence against a public official is a crime in France.

It is not the first time Macron has been the target of an egging.

In 2017, the then-presidential candidate was pelted with an unboiled egg and came off far worse: the egg broke open on his head.

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