Valence:
French prosecutors requested Thursday an 18-month jail term for a man who slapped President Emmanuel Macron this week as he appeared in court in the southern town of Valence.
The public prosecutor named the slap by 28-year-old Damien Tarel “absolutely unacceptable” and “an act of deliberate violence.”
Tarel, who has been in custody because the incident on Tuesday, faces a maximum 3-year jail sentence and a fine of 45,000 euros ($55,000) soon after getting charged with assaulting a public official.
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