France has launched an investigation into public insults and “provocation to rebellion” after posters caricaturing President Emmanuel Macron as Adolf Hitler were found on dozens of billboards in the southern city of Avignon.
Some 30 posters were this week put up on the 120 advertising boards in Avignon. They show the head of state wearing a suit, with greying hair and the numbers “49.3” imprinted as a moustache.
The numbers are a reference to article of the Constitution that was used to force through pension reform legislation in the National Assembly.
The image of Macron is framed by the words “No thank you” and the hashtag #agirousubir (act or suffer), according to photos published by the daily newspaper La Provence.