- Title: Protesters march with stolen Macron portraits at G7 summit
- Date: 25th August 2019
- Summary: NEWS CONFERENCE WITH PROTESTERS CARRYING STOLEN PORTRAITS OF MACRON HELD UPSIDE DOWN (SOUNDBITE) (French) ATTAC HONORARY PRESIDENT FRANCE, SUSAN GEORGE, SAYING: "The portraits are here to show you that (French President Emmanuel) Macron is in the hands of the people. He sometimes forgets that. In the hands of the people. Remember a certain document from 1789 (year of French revolution) which said that sovereignty rests essentially in the hands of the people. We are the people." JOURNALISTS AND ONLOOKERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE
- Embargoed: 8th September 2019 11:20
- Keywords: G7 summit Bayonne Biarritz G7 leaders Emmanuel Macron protesters climate change
- Location: BAYONNE, FRANCE
- City: BAYONNE, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: G7,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA006ATPTMIV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: AN UPDATE OF THIS STORY WITH CLEAN IMAGES INCLUDING SOUNDBITES FROM PROTESTERS WILL BE MOVING AT 10.50 GMT AS EDIT 7082-G7-SUMMIT/PROTEST-PORTRAITS UPDATE
Protesters marched through the streets of Bayonne on Sunday (August 25) carrying official portraits of French President Emmanuel Macron which were stolen from town halls around France.
The protest is the finale of months of civil disobedience which saw protesters steal the portraits with the aim of carrying them upside down at the G7 summit, in defiance rather than respect of Macron's politics and the image he is trying to present to world leaders at the summit in neighbouring Biarritz.
The protesters marched carrying paper packages of portraits, some the stolen ones of Macron, others carrying slogans such as 'Where is Macron when it comes to climate change and social justice'.
The movement, which was formed under the slogan 'Take Down Macron' (Dechirons Macron), has stolen 125 portraits to match the 125 days it took France to overtake its carbon footprint this year they said. The stolen portraits were handed on and hidden before making their appearance on the streets at the summit as Macron met with leaders for a summit that will likely expose deep rifts over a clutch of issues such as global trade, climate change and taxing big tech.
Macron set an agenda for the group - France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States - that included the defense of democracy, gender equality, education and the environment. He invited Asian, African and Latin American leaders to join them for a global push on these issues.
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