AFP / Ludovic MARIN French President Emmanuel Macron is seen as having a regal style of leadership Like most politicians, French President Emmanuel Macron seems to enjoy pressing the flesh and posing for selfies when on public outings. Just don't call him by a nickname. 
 
 A cheeky teen who dared greet him with a breezy "How's it going, Manu" during an official outing near Paris on Monday was left red-faced after receiving a sharp dressing-down from the 40-year-old centrist. 
 
 "No, you can't do that, no, no, no, no," Macron told the youngster who was waiting with a group of schoolfriends to meet him during his visit to the Mont Valerien fort near Paris, where hundreds of French Resistance members were executed during World War II. 
 
 "Sorry, Mr President," the teenager said, looking abashed. 
 
 But Macron was not about to let matters rest there. 
 
 Admonishing the junior high school student, he said: "You're here, at an official ceremony and you should behave. You can play the fool but today it's the Marseillaise, the Chant des Partisans (French Resistance song), so you call me 'Mister President' or 'Sir'. Ok? There you go." 
 
 Delivering his coup de grace, Macron told the teen, who had begun by singing a few lines from the Socialist anthem The Internationale -- a dig at the president's pro-business reforms -- to "do things in the right order". 
 
 "The day you want to start a revolution you study first in order to obtain a degree and feed yourself, ok? And then you can lecture others," he said. 
 
 The exchange, which was captured on camera, was widely shared on social media. 
 
 It comes as Macron -- who adopted a regal, top-down style on taking office -- himself faces criticism for his at-times blunt language. 
 
 In an official video shared by his office last week he complained that the French were spending a "crazy amount of dough" on social security. 
 
 Macron's critics held the video up as evidence that the man they call the "president of the rich" lacked empathy with the poor. 
 
 Last year, Macron also raised the hackles of the left by calling protesting opponents of his labour reforms "slackers". 

 French President Emmanuel Macron scolded a teenage boy on Monday after he addressed the 40-year-old leader as "Manu," a common French nickname for Macron's first name. 
 
 The incident occurred during an event north of Paris commemorating former President Charles De Gaulle's call for popular resistance against Nazi German occupation during World War II. 
 
 As Macron shook hands with bystanders, the boy sang several lines from the Socialist anthem "The Internationale" before asking the president: "How's it going, Manu?" 
 
 Read more: Macron needs to shed his image as president of the rich 
 
 Don't mess with 'Manu' 
 
 "No," Macron snapped back. "You can't do that. No, no, no, no." 
 
 "Sorry, Mr President," the boy said. 
 
 "You're here, at an official ceremony and you should behave," Macron said. "You can play the fool, but today it's the Marseillaise, the Chant des Partisans [French Resistance song]. 
 
 "So you call me 'Mister President' or 'Sir'. Ok?" 
 
 "Yes, Sir." 
 
 Macron, appearing to respond to the boy's rendition of The Internationale, ended the lecture with some revolutionary advice. 
 
 "You need to do things the right way," he said. "Even if you want to lead a revolution one day, you've first got to earn a diploma and learn how to put food on the table." 
 
 Read more: Emmanuel Macron — French savior or tormentor? 
 
 'Crazy amount of dough' 
 
 Critics have denounced the centrist president for occasionally using blunt and condescending language and failing to show compassion for the poor. 
 
 Last week, his office shared a video in which he said the French were spending a "crazy amount of dough" on social welfare programs. 
 
 In the run up to the 2017 presidential election, Macron told a factory worker who had accused him of being a man in a suit that the "best way to pay for suit is to get a job." 
 
 Read more: Opinion: Macron the Messiah is still learning to be president 
 
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– "How's it going, Manu?" That's how a French teen greeted French President Emmanuel Macron at a WWII remembrance event on Monday, using a common nickname. Big mistake. "No, you can't do that, no, no, no, no," said Macron, who stopped to issue a scolding that has since made the rounds on French social media. It surely did not help the teen's case that he also sang a few lines from a famous Socialist anthem in an apparent dig at Macron's pro-business policies, reports AFP. You can watch the exchange here. "You're here, at an official ceremony and you should behave," Macron told the teen, who quickly apologized. "You can play the fool but today it's the Marseillaise, the Chant des Partisans (French Resistance song), so you call me 'Mister President' or 'Sir'. OK?" Macron wasn't through, however. "The day you want to start a revolution you study first in order to obtain a degree and feed yourself, OK? And then you can lecture others." A post at DW.com can't help but point out that the 40-year-old French leader has gotten into hot water himself with comments seen as insensitive, such as when a factory worker suggested he was an out-of-touch man in a suit, and Macron responded that the "best way to pay for a suit is to get a job." And last week, a video emerged in which Macron complained that the French were spending a "crazy amount of dough" on social welfare.