Sky News: After the video was released by Femme Actuelle it was seized on by the British press as a public relations disaster, with some newspapers calling it “nauseating” and “embarrassing”.
But the French President has not taken the criticism to heart.
Seemingly keen to portray himself as a president for the people, he has posted the video on his facebook page.
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