Protesters disrupt Macron's speech on Europe's future in the Netherlands.

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Source: POLITICO Europe
Protesters disrupt Macron's speech on Europe's future in the Netherlands.
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French President Emmanuel Macron was heckled by protesters during a speech on European sovereignty in the Netherlands. The protesters attacked him on the state of democracy in France and his bypassing of the French parliament over his plans to increase the legal age of retirement. Macron responded by saying that "this is democracy" and resumed his speech.

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