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French President Emmanuel Macron is thrown an egg as he walks during a food fair in Lyon, Paris on Monday, September 27, 2021.

"The egg bounced off Macron's shoulder and broke on the floor right in front of me," Florence Lago, a journalist for French publication Lyon Mag, told CNN.

Lyon Mag later shared a video of the incident at the SIRHA food and hospitality exhibition on its Twitter account. The clip shows the egg bouncing off Macron's shoulder before the camera pans to officials holding a man in the crowd.

The motivation behind the incident remains unclear.

Lago said he saw a young man throw an egg at Macron, but he didn't hear him shouting anything. He said security personnel immediately escorted the man out of the venue.

A spokesman for the Elysée Palace, who was with Macron at the time, told CNN that the incident was exaggerated.

"The president walked around for two hours, he was greeted warmly and everything was calm. There's nothing to say about it because it doesn't interfere with Macron's activities," the spokesman said, adding: "I'm next to the President, I can tell you no anything."

Previous Similar Incident
Macron was previously the target of egg-throwing in 2017, when he was campaigning for the presidency. An egg broke on his head in the incident.

In June this year, rumus menghitung angka togel sgp he was slapped in the face by a man in a crowd while speaking to the public during a visit to southeastern France. Macron's bodyguard quickly intervened, handling the man as he pulled the president away from the crowd barrier.

With France's presidential election less than a year away, Macron seems to be making a charm attack with voters.

In June, his party performed poorly in regional elections, which are closely watched ahead of April's presidential election. However, given the low turnout, political experts say it is difficult to draw conclusions.