French woman faces trial for 'insulting' Macron on Facebook

TL;DR

A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. The woman, named by the paper as Valerie, said she was astonished when she answered the knock on the door on Friday morning to find police had come to arrest her. New clashes between police and protesters erupted Tuesday and unions have announced a new day of strikes and protests on April 6

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