Mr Macron’s government passed a controversial asylum and immigration bill last August, despite widespread opposition. The senate had rejected the bill, but the lower house passed the text as President Macron's La Republique En Marche party holds a large majority. Last month, the President pledged to review the policy in the hope of appeasing Yellow Vest protesters, who have been rocking the country since November 17.
The uprisings initially started in defiance of rising fuel prices but, for many protesters, it is Mr Macron – widely seen as arrogant and disconnected from rank-and-file French people – who has become the problem.
During a November 2018 episode of Conflict Zone, Deutsche Welle's top political interview, Tim Sebastian hosted one of Mr Macron’s MPs, Alexander Holroyd.
During the interview, the journalist ferociously attacked Mr Macron’s immigration policies and told Mr Holroyd that his authorities are "breaking the law".
Mr Sebastian fired: “According to Médecins Sans Frontières, the practice is to return migrants who cross into France from Italy, including unaccompanied children with no thought for their safety or for France’s duty to offer them protection.
Emmanuel Macron was brutally humiliated in a throwback interview (Image: DW/GETTY)
