Macron assumes responsibility for handling the scandal in which the aid beat the protesters

Emmanuel Macron broke his silence on a scandal about his personal bodyguard, as polls show growing pressure on the French president.

Last week, Alexandre Benalla, a close adviser and bodyguard, Mr. Macron, who was filmed beating protesters from May Day more than two months ago, was protected from prosecution.

The critics claimed that Mr. Macron and his team had attempted to conceal the incident by failing to inform the judicial authorities of the video involving Mr. Benalla, published by the newspaper Le Monde, and the Had kept on their payroll after suspending Mr. Benalla, who admitted to having committed wrongdoing, was fired on Friday and is now the subject of a police investigation.

"If you are looking for the responsible person, then it's me and only me," said the president to the deputies of his Republic on the march movement in Paris, that French television channel BFMTV aired on Tuesday evening. "My team at the Elysee did what it had to do."

According to a poll by Elabe for BFMTV, 80% of French people were shocked by the Benalla affair , including one in two "very shocked". "

" No one in my team has been protected, ever, "Mr. Macron said in the show. "It's me who decided to trust Benalla and it's me who approved this sanction."