A protester threw a handful of cherry tomatoes at French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday during his first public outing since winning reelection.

Macron was talking to a small crowd at a market in Cergy, a northwestern suburb of Paris, when the tomato attack occurred. The tomatoes did not hit Macron, instead making contact with a passer-by. Macron’s security guards opened an umbrella to protect the president from further attack before escorting him away.

The French president said he was visiting Cergy to show that he is a leader for all French people, no matter whom they had voted for. Forty-eight percent of voters in Cergy voted for far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round of the presidential election on April 10, Politico reported. Macron received just 23.7 percent of the vote from the suburb.

“I have come to say that I have heard the voices of each and everyone, and that I will continue to be engaged with the neighborhoods that are most in difficulty … every day,” Macron said before the tomato incident.

On Sunday, Macron defeated right-wing challenger Marine Le Pen with 58.5 percent of the vote, becoming the first French president in two decades to win a second term.

While Macron nearly achieved a landslide win five years ago to become France’s youngest president at 39, his approval ratings have suffered amid a European economic crisis that has been worsened by Russia’s disruption of energy markets and other domestic problems. Macron’s strict Covid-19 policies have also drawn criticism from a number of French voters, including his implementation of a vaccine passport needed for entry to many recreational establishments.