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Brigitte Trogneux, married to Macron, immediately took on a reclusive role. According to those who know her, he would not have wanted a second term. Dressed in blue, surrounded by children and grandchildren, she accompanied the President-elect to the party under the Eiffel Tower
“If you are the wife of the President of the Republic, people did not choose you. So you don’t have to impose yourself on them. And the only way not to be annoying is for me to help,” said Brigitte Macron in one of her very rare interviews, published on public radio France Info a couple of years ago.
And that’s the style she chose tonight as she arrived in Campo di Marte under the Eiffel Tower, holding her newly reelected husband’s hand to the notes of the Ode to Joy. Dressed entirely in blue, with a complete blouse and almost martial-looking trousers from her favorite French brand Louis Vuitton, her loose hair only tied at the nape of her neck, surrounded by children and grandchildren.
Just one comment on Emmanuel’s victory: “It’s a great honor, I thank all the French who trusted him.” According to people close to her, she would not have wished for a second term at the Elysée, another five years, without being able to see her husband as often as she would like. On the other hand, he has repeatedly said that he does not like the title “Premiere Dame” and that he prefers the formula “wife of the head of state”.
And she tried to best accommodate “a role that fell to her” by attempting to work in the shadows in a reclusive role. “It’s the life I chose to live for five years and that’s why I do it – he explained – I’m not saying I always do it well, but I do it with my heart. If I make mistakes, I apologize to the French.
She has always kept her distance from politics: “I have neither the taste nor the competence,” he explained. For example, as president of the Paris Hospitals Foundation, he distributed iPads in retirement homes and that was his way of “helping”. Otherwise, try to stay out of the limelight. He doesn’t even like being on social media, which he thinks is too violent.
With the President. He explained: “We have restored a simple life as a couple at the Elysée, we have a private apartment that nobody can enter. We try to keep our privacy, otherwise it would have been unbearable for me.” And you can tell by the looks and kisses he gave her under the Eiffel Tower yesterday.
April 24, 2022 (Change April 24, 2022 | 23:15)
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