Last modified on Wed 9 Jun 2021 10.57 EDT
Emmanuel Macron has insisted he will continue to meet the public despite security fears after he was assaulted on a walkabout.
The French president was speaking as an opinion poll suggested his popularity is increasing. The latest survey by Ifop showed Macron gained 7 percentage points over the last month and was considered favourably by 50% of people.
The poll for Paris Match also showed support for the hard-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon had plunged 10 points to under 30% after he was accused of spreading conspiracy theories.
Macron is on a political tour de France, making two meet-the-people visits outside Paris each week over the next five weeks in the run-up to regional elections later this month.