PARIS — French environmental activists brandished stolen portraits of President Emmanuel Macron at a protest Sunday near the Eiffel Tower to try to push the government to do more to fight climate change. The protest is part of an unusual climate movement that has taken root around France this year, in which activists have stolen more than 130 portraits of Macron from town halls from the Alps to the Atlantic. They feel the centrist, business-friendly Macron isn't doing enough to reduce France's emissions, even though he portrays himself on the global stage as Mr. The activists brought the portraits to Sunday's protest — carrying them upside down to show what they consider Macron's hypocrisy — to call for bolder government action at the U.N. COP25 climate talks currently underway in Madrid.

Source: International New York Times December 08, 2019 11:15 UTC