French politician is pelted with soil and seaweed outside his home after Macron speech

Anti-health pass protesters pelted a French politician with soil outside of his home on Sunday.

Stephane Claireaux, a member of the ruling La République en Marche (LREM) party is seen being hit with seaweed, mud and stones by baying protesters.

Mr. Claireaux is confronted by the anti-health pass activists in the overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean.

The proposed health pass is set to make double vaccination mandatory in France, in order to allow entry into enclosed public venues.

The legislation, which could come into force as early as January 17, is set to remove the option of showing a negative test in order to enter venues.

French politician Stephane Claireaux says he will file a legal complaint over the attack, and revealed he had received "death threats by mail' in comments on Monday.

The 57-year-old told France Info: "I am obviously going to launch a legal complaint. Some people think the right decisions are not being made.

'We are all receiving death threats by mail, at some moment this has to stop".

He added: “My wife came to meet me on the front steps of the house. I dodged a pebble that missed our faces by about 5cm".

French Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin hit out at the protesters.

'The attack on Stephane Claireaux outside his own house during a demonstration against the health pass is totally unacceptable. The images are extremely shocking," said Girardin.

Minister for France’s overseas territories Sébastien Lecornu condemned the attack, describing it as a "'lynching in front of his family home".

French President Emmanuel Macron last week outlined his hopes to "p*** off" the unvaccinated.

Macron said to Le Parisien: "The unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And so we're going to continue doing so until the end. That's the strategy".