A group of opponents of Emmanuel Macron tried to burst, on the night from Friday to Saturday, a theatrical performance in Paris attended by the French president, who was momentarily evacuated from the room by his security team before returning to the end of the work.

Several dozen people gathered in front of the theater of the Bouffes du Nord , in the northeast of the city, and tried to penetrate inside during the performance of "la Mouche", which had begun at 20.30 (19.30 GMT).

Images posted on the incident network by a group of "yellow vests" show how police officers who were there managed to prevent the intrusion.

The participants chanted some of the usual slogans of that protest movement, as well as others of rejection of the pension reform , together with shouts calling for the resignation of Macron.

A well - known militant and journalist, Taha Bouhafs , was arrested during the incidents. Bouhafs was one of those who, in his Twitter account, had reported the presence in the room of the head of state, which agents of his security service extracted with his wife, Brigitte.

Both returned and witnessed the end of the show. A source from his environment cited by "Le Parisien" informed that " the president will continue to go to the theater as usual and will ensure that freedom of expression, freedom of artists and freedom of creation is not disturbed by actions policies. "

It was not the first incident of this type in which the president or members of his Government are involved in the context of the protests of the "yellow vests" or for the pension reform, against which this Saturday the Forty-fifth consecutive day of strike in the railways and in the metropolitan transport of Paris.

On Friday, the Ministry of Culture announced the annulment of an act by its owner, Franck Riester, to congratulate the new year to the world of culture upon learning that the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the union that leads the response against the pension reform, prepared sabotage.

The Secretary of State for Equality between Women and Men, Marlène Schiappa , had to leave on Thursday a political meeting organized in a restaurant in the capital on the occasion of her candidacy for municipal elections in the XIV district of Paris before the middle boos hundred protesters.

Tensions over this pension reform were also evident this Friday with the intrusion of several dozen activists, including some trade unionists, at the Paris headquarters of the French Confederation of Workers (CFDT) , wrapped in controversy over the reality of the violence of the protesters.

The CFDT has become the main asset of the Government of Macron with its position in favor of the structural axis of the reform, which has generated discord with the intersindical that heads the CGT that demands the withdrawal of the project.

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