France's Macron faces fresh pressure over failure to sanction bodyguard

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron was under fire on Monday in the biggest political crisis of his tenure after the interior minister and a police chief said the presidency told them in May it would deal with a bodyguard filmed hitting protesters. Critics say Macron's office failed to punish the head of his security detail sufficiently or refer him to judicial authorities because he has become lofty and out of touch with ordinary people since taking office 14 months ago. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told lawmakers during a 2.5-hour grilling he took no action after the presidency assured him on May 2 that bodyguard Alexandre Benalla would be punished.

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