During a speech by Emmanuel Macron this Friday, January 19, a young female soldier felt unwell and had to be evacuated. A scene widely commented on on social networks.
This Friday, January 19, Emmanuel Macron made his wishes to the armed forces in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in Manche. During this speech, the Head of State wished the military a happy new year, recalling their essential role in the year 2024, “a year of pride with the hosting of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, Marseille, in Polynesia“. It was then that the President of the Republic, who was recently criticized by a mother concerning his plan against infertility, noticed that a senior woman was feeling unwell behind him. He then asked that someone help. Resumption of his speech, Emmanuel Macron wanted to reassure the crowd: “I assure you, it’s a vagal discomfort. It shouldn’t be serious.” Comments that some were quick to comment on social networks.
What he thought was an innocuous sentence nevertheless did not fail to provoke a reaction, particularly on X (formerly Twitter). Several people shared the medical expertise of the President of the Republic, also denouncing his lack of reaction to the young woman’s discomfort: “The officers in the room laughed, and Macron watched her collapse… before saying: ‘It’s vagal discomfort, it shouldn’t be serious. Jupiter is a doctor. Also“, « The diagnosis that comes out of I don’t know where. » A discomfort which was not the last of his speech because, fifteen minutes later, another young woman had to be evacuated.
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New discomfort during the President’s speech
Present in the camera’s field, behind the President and alongside several military members of the Gendarmerie or the National Navy, another young woman felt unwell less than fifteen minutes later. After she was evacuated by emergency services, Emmanuel Macron resumed his speech, and concluded it by wishing for a year of “resolve, determination and pride“.