Wednesday January 12, 2022, Brigitte Macron insisted on ensuring, on the set of 13 hours of TF1, that she had no real influence on her husband, Emmanuel Macron. Even if she admits to discussing with the Head of State on all subjects …
While Emmanuel Macron made the news by claiming to want “piss off“people who do not wish to be vaccinated, Brigitte Macron was on the set of 1 p.m. TV news from TF1, Wednesday January 12, 2022. Facing Jacques Legros, the first lady tried to avoid the question on the choice of such language by the President of the Republic. “There you take me by surprise“, she answered first, before definitively dodging the question: “We are a week away from comments. Jacques, on this question, so I decided not to comment on the comments anymore, çlet me get away with it. ” Finally, faced with the insistence of Jacques Legros, Brigitte Macron argued that even the greatest French writers could use colloquial language. “I had Rabelais study, who also had a flowery language. (…) I always look at what is behind this sentence. And behind this sentence is the current situation in the hospital. (…) That is to say that I do not allow myself to comment on what a president says.“
Brigitte Macron, a discreet first lady
This televised interview was an opportunity for Brigitte Macron, not to defend the importance of her role as first lady but rather, on the contrary, to minimize it. In February 2021, our colleagues from Point assured that, according to their information, it was not necessary “neglect the part of the first lady ” especially in keeping schools open at that time of the pandemic. Our colleagues added that the first lady can regularly come “strengthen convictions “ by Emmanuel Macron.
However, this January 12, 2022, the first lady wanted to be clear: “We both talk a lot. We talk about everything. In no way do I try to influence or convince him … ever. Because it is the story between the French, a man or a woman, and I absolutely do not have to intervene. ” Brigitte Macron would therefore not be as influential as one might think. But that, deep down, maybe no one will ever know … “There is a No man’s land at the Élysée. (…) No one hears what we have to say to each other“, added the first lady. The secrets of the summit.