At school, Emmanuel Macron "already lived as a being apart": the confidences of a former comrade: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

Bringing together the trajectories of Emmanuel Macron and Edouard Louis, we had to dare. The former, 43, has been head of state since 2017. The latter, 28, is a writer, and achieved success around the same time, with his books Ending Eddy Bellegueule and Who killed my father. Hervé Algalarrondo, who knows Picardy well, has undertaken, for the purposes of his work, to retrace the traces of their childhood in the region, between Amiens and Vimeu. By comparing their Two French youths, the journalist finds them a common dream: that "Tear themselves away from their city, their childhoods, their families" for “Flee to the Capital […] fulfill their personal destiny and make a name for themselves.” We know what happens next: we know they will succeed. For his book, published on January 20, 2021 published by Grasset, the author reunited with the former professors of Emmanuel and Edouard as well as “Very close or old friends” … or even classmates. A fascinating dive into the extraordinary youth of these gifted young people, which reveals many anecdotes. The reader will thus be able to learn more about the transition to high school of the current President of the French Republic.

"He knew how to make evident his intellectual superiority while being appreciated by the other students"

“When the students in his sixth grade began to prepare for their solemn communion, Emmanuel asked to join them, so to be baptized as well since he had not been at birth”, writes Hervé Algalarrondo. “Why this double request? A classmate, Renaud, assures us that it is not "out of conformism." Renaud, Emmanuel Macron's former traveling companion, explains to the journalist: “Emmanuel never felt on the same level with the other students. While being nice to everyone, he experienced himself as a being apart. ” The one who will marry his theater teacher Brigitte Macron was, according to the statements of his comrades and his teachers, a student "model." The famous Renaud, who is now Professor of History and Geography, concludes: “He was out of the series, the best, first in everything, all the time […] Emmanuel had the feeling of being apart, more talented than the norm, but he managed his difference very well. He knew how to make evident his intellectual superiority while being appreciated by the other students. He didn't really have a friend, but he wasn't isolated because he knew how to both make contact and deal with hostility. "

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