France: Demonstrators beat a giant piñata bearing the image of Macron with sticks On October 31, in Demonstrators smashed a piñata representing the head of President Emmanuel Macron, as part of national protests against government policies and the increase in the cost of living. In the footage, protesters are seen repeatedly hitting the large caricature, which eventually exploded, releasing banknotes - a symbolic action directed against the French head of state. According to the data of the Ministry of Interior, about 320,000 people participated in the demonstrations organized on October 31 across the country, while the authorities deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes to maintain order. RT in French dare to ask.