"The hope" of European politics confronts its first crisis: how does Macron deal with his own "Watergate" scandal?

At the May Day demonstrations, one of the guards of the president, Alexander Benalla Benalla wore a police officer and police helmet, but his role was to monitor the police in action

A few days after the incident, Benalla was suspended, but was removed from office only when he has been identified by the newspaper Le Monde.

Macron did not make any public statements about the incident, which is why he was criticized. Macron aggravated the situation after telling his ministers that "his rivals can sue him if they dare"

"Macron behaves like a child, not like a statesman" "said Thomas Guenole, political analyst at Sciences Po, CNBC. The image of powerful leader created by Macron was damaged by his refusal to confront the press and his rivals on the subject "

Guenole compared this event with the scandal of the US Watergate in the 1970s because, as it is then, the question is not the case itself but the way the president reacted.

] In 2017, Macron became the youngest president of the history of France, only 39, beating 66% of the main rival, Marine Le Pen.

This scandal is not the first incident to question the leadership skills of the president elution. A pool at the presidential residence at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, the public reprimand of a teenager who gave him a nickname and lecture given to a worker on the importance of hard work

Polls show that public opinion is not about the Macron, accused of not understanding the problems of the population, the scandals of the latter bringing a new wave of criticism to the French president. [196599013]

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