Lawmakers from La République En Marche suffer physical and verbal abuse as they struggle to promote the party’s liberal agenda.

By Rym Momtaz @ Politico.eu, Oct. 22

[....] the physical and verbal attacks on lawmakers from Macron's La République En Marche party highlight the struggle to push forward his economically and socially liberal, pro-European agenda.

"I do not exclude that one day we will see physical violence against an elected official," said lawmaker Jean-Baptiste Moreau, a cattle farmer-turned-MP who is now a spokesperson for the LREM parliamentary group and a supporter of the free-trade agreement with Canada, known as CETA.

A "Wanted" poster with his face on it was plastered around the town of Guéret in mid-August. He pressed charges, but even before the appearance of the poster and the CETA vote in July, Moreau already had police patrols checking on his family during his trips to Paris because of the threat of violence from the Yellow Jackets.

For Moreau, it's not just a question of his family's safety. "Democracy is at stake," he said. "Some colleagues may vote against Mercosur or other texts in the future just to avoid facing this kind of violence." [....]