Brigitte Macron reassembled, she reframes the President’s advisers

Did Brigitte Macron avoided a scandal to Emmanuel Macron? It would seem so. In any case, this is what an anecdote noted by Gala in the book Macron II, the secret story (Ed. of the Observatory). The authors Agathe Lambret and Louis Hausalter indeed recount the intervention of the First Lady in the organization of the election night of the first round of the 2022 presidential election. Originally, Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team had planned it at the Paris Event Center, Porte de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. But during a lunch on April 7, Brigitte Macron pointed out to her husband’s advisers that the place was very popular with drug addicts. ” It makes no sense ! Do you realize, a stone’s throw from crack hill? “, she protested. As our colleagues point out, the place has not been cleaned despite complaints from residents. What would the president look like if he suddenly got to host the event?

The positive influence of Brigitte Macron

We now know why the president’s campaign team changed the election night address just three days before the election. The revelation of this anecdote behind the scenes of Emmanuel Macron’s second presidential campaign says a lot about theinfluence of the First Lady. At almost 70 years old and despite an incalculable number of criticisms, Brigitte Macron continues to work with common sense in this function as privileged as it is difficult to assume. Since her arrival at the Elysée, she has been said to be a very good adviser. The godmother of women’s foundation plays such a central role 55% of French people are satisfied with it and 52% of them even think that she should not be left behind, according to a Ifop poll.

Unlike the United States, the status of First Lady is not official in France. A trend that Emmanuel Macron wanted to reverse in 2017: “ I think it is important to clarify this, otherwise we use in-between practices, of concealment, which are impossible for the person concerned and which are a form of hypocrisy. So paid by the Republic no. Have a role, a real status, a real ability to do, yes “he had explained to TV5Monde. But the newly elected president at the time, had backtracked following a petition opposing this initiative which collected 300,000 signatures.