Un oeuf is not enough, says Sarkozy protest man

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

DUBLIN (AFP) — A French waiter who threw an egg at the car carrying President Nicholas Sarkozy during his visit to Dublin this week is ready to do the same again, he told Irish media Thursday.

Michael Audron, 35, was charged Monday with "threatening, insulting and abusive behaviour," but a judge in Dublin district court threw out the indictment after he agreed to pay 150 euros (240 dollars) to charity.

The unrepentant protestor, who was among 1,800 demonstrators who took to the streets during the visit over Ireland's rejection of a new EU treaty, has acknowledged he has more eggs on standby for any return visit by Sarkozy.

"I have absolutely no regrets and, if he is coming back again, I will be there with more than a dozen eggs," he told the Irish Times....