"It's a shame that Brigitte does not want to put herself forward," sighs a friend of the Macron couple. She humanizes the image of her husband, she makes him appear less techno. Above all, the words of the "first lady" retain an intact media resonance. His interview on Franceinfo this Friday morning proved it again. His comments sparked an avalanche of comments. Questioned as part of a program on the "yellow coins", the wife of the head of state also returned to her role at the Elysee Palace, a few days before the intervention of the president, on July 14.
"I don't feel like a first lady," said Brigitte Macron. The Elysée had nevertheless tried, at the start of the five-year term, to define the contours of a "statute" - finally, a simple "transparency charter" was issued. "I try at best to honor this function that fell on me," she continued. And to add: "When you are the spouse of the head of state, people did not want you. So don't impose yourself on them. And the only way for me not to be intrusive is to help. »In particular as president of the Hôpital de Paris – Hôpitaux de France foundation, where she succeeded Bernadette Chirac.
The arrival of Roselyne Bachelot appreciated
"Since taking on this mission, you have never been so busy," Emmanuel Macron kindly titillated during confinement. At the head of the foundation, she distributed tablets in nursing homes to facilitate exchanges between residents and their families. This week, the former French teacher also took advantage of the reopening of the Grand Palais to visit an exhibition on Pompeii. She also went to Senlis (Oise) on the set of a film devoted to Voltaire who had been interrupted due to a health crisis.
Brigitte Macron may well assure never to “afford a piece of political advice” to her husband, but she has carefully followed the sequence of the reshuffle, and in particular the arrival at Culture of Roselyne Bachelot whom she appreciates. Without forgetting the appointment of the criminal lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti, whom she had met in February 2019.
In the wake of their first discussions, she went to see the lawyer on the stage of the Madeleine theater in Paris, where "Acquittator" was playing a play. A selfie with these two personalities then circulated. The picture had made a lot of noise. "Apparently, they are friends," concluded Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Ulcerated, the applicant then replied: "We are at the fools' house. Behind Mr. Balkany, whom I defended, is Ms. Macron? "