4/13/2023 – | Last updated: 4/13/2023 01:18 AM (Makkah)
French social media platforms circulated a video clip showing the moment of arrest of a young man who tried to storm the convoy of President Emmanuel Macron, the moment he arrived at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The accident occurred after the French president got out of a limousine he was traveling with Dutch King Willem-Alexander, and was received by the mayor of Amsterdam, Vimke Halsema.
The video clip showed a young man running towards Macron the moment he arrived at the university, chanting the famous song "We are here" by the yellow vest movement, which led mass protests against the French government years ago, before he was arrested by the security forces of the Presidential Guard.
🇳🇱Vanuit een andre hoek!🇳🇱
Demonstrant gearresteerd terwijl Macron de universiteit van Amsterdam bezoekt: tv-beeldenLEES: https://t.co/evmewlO1JF pic.twitter.com/Dl5JWGsbIA
– Van Emmerick Kris (@VanEmmerickKris) April 12, 2023
"We are here, we are here, even if Macron does not want it, we are here, for the honor of the workers and for a better world, even if Macron does not want it, we are here," the song's lyrics read.
Un homme crie "On est la, on est la" à l'arrivée d'Emmanuel Macron at l'université d'Amsterdam avant d'être plaqué au sol pic.twitter.com/O3wevOxoUo
– BFMTV (@BFMTV) April 12, 2023
And French media reported, quoting the Dutch police, that two demonstrators – a man and a woman – were arrested on charges of "disturbing public order and threatening", because they were running towards President Macron, and one of them was carrying a banner.
Macron arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday, the first visit by a French president to the country in 23 years.
