The story of the Macron couple is worthy of a novel. That's good for two lovers of literature. For them, it all started in 1993. At the time, Brigitte Trogneux ran a theater workshop at the Lycée La Providence. She quickly notices Emmanuel Macron, whom she heard about through his daughter Tiphaine Auzière. They will eventually get together, despite the reluctance of their respective families. It wasn't until many years later, in 2007, that they would say “Yes” to Le Touquet. Since then, they have not let go… literally and figuratively: from the city to the Elysee Palace, the couple very often appear hand in hand and support each other at all costs. The First Lady is also credited with a certain influence over her husband as President. Advice, advice, remonstrance … The former French teacher never hesitates to lecture her companion. However, their arrival at the Palais in 2017, ten years after their union, turned their daily lives upside down. As journalist Renaud Revel writes in his book full of anecdotes on the Presidents of the Fifth Republic, Evening Visitors (published on January 21, 2021 by Plon), Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron have adopted a habit so that “Their relationship never fades”, in the author's own words.
"Great mute, Brigitte Macron says nothing about her exchanges, doors closed, with her husband"
"At the Elysée Palace, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron live in seclusion in a voluntary lock-up", notes Renaud Revel, who explains that, unlike his predecessors, Emmanuel Macron keeps these “Evening visitors”, preferring SMS to "Face-to-face interview, which he considers time-consuming." Faced with these advisers of all stripes, the one nicknamed Jupiter pays more attention to the one who shares his life. “La Lanterne, this residence where Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande enjoyed spending the weekend, is most often deserted. To the Château's social dinners, the couple prefer a tête-à-tête in restaurants in the capital. ” These reunion dinners are precisely what would weld this presidential couple. "Brigitte Macron's days are split in two", can we read. “During the day, a cavalcade in the corridors of the Palace, slalom between the meeting tables, freedom in the heart of the laborious effervescence. And, in the evening, one-to-one dinners in the tranquility of their private apartments. So that the relationship never fades. ” Brigitte Macron, undoubtedly adviser, never rapporteur: "Great mute, Brigitte Macron says nothing about her exchanges, doors closed, with her husband", relates Renaud Revel. “Thus, it is to her that Emmanuel Macron submits some of his arbitrations (…) It is with her that he also tests his 'punchlines' – these shocking sentences which the media will echo. . Omnipresent and never very far from him, she also sifts the agenda through a sieve, filters his calls when he is overwhelmed, sifts through certain appointment requests and solicitations. Faced with the technos of the Palais, she does not shy away from an immense suspicion. "
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