Emmanuel Macron filmed singing a Pyrenean song in the street after his speech

Emmanuel Macron was filmed Monday, April 17, in the evening, singing alongside several people in a street in Paris, after his speech, confirms the entourage of the head of state to franceinfo. The scene took place in the 6th arrondissement of the capital, on a private time of the president, specifies this same source.

Still according to these same sources, Emmanuel Macron and his wife were walking when they were stopped by a group of young people singing. They offered him to sing “Le Refuge”, by Edmond Duplan, a Pyrenean song that Emmanuel Macron has already sung in public, his grandmother being from the Hautes-Pyrénées.

Emmanuel Macron then sings while reading the lyrics on a smartphone. One of the videos from this moment was published on social networks by the “Canto” association, claiming the use of its mobile application, a directory of popular songs from France.

According to the entourage of the Head of State contacted by franceinfo, “Emmanuel Macron could not know at that time the background of each person with whom he discussed” on the video. This clarification from the Elysée Palace refers to the controversy surrounding this “Canto” application: an investigation by Release (article subscribers) indicated in November 2022 that one could find songs of the Third Reich there.