By acceding to the place of first lady, Brigitte Macron entered, since May 14, 2017, in a universe as rich as it is complex. Enough to have a thousand and one things to tell. She told some to the journalists of the World for the daily magazine, M, which she covers. She confides, with modesty and sometimes malice, on her role alongside Emmanuel Macron, on the atypical couple she forms with the President of the Republic or on specific events, the slap of which he was the victim last June. . The portrait which is made of her and which presents her as the coach of the palace is full of information and tasty anecdotes about this 68-year-old woman like no other.
Privileged witness to the existence of a President of the Republic, Brigitte Macron writes her experience in a diary. This exercise is perfect for channeling the former literature teacher: “When things are complicated, I put them down on paper, she says. As much as I always water down orally, never in writing. It’s steep, therapeutic.“Precious writings, which she does not wish to publish, which she carefully hides and which are”unreadable“, to prevent it from falling into other hands than hers or those of her husband. He too writes in a notebook and each is careful not to let the other read.
Protecting yourself from prying eyes, but also from courtiers, matters a lot to Brigitte Macron. She is the pillar of her husband with whom she is fusional. Gifted with great interpersonal skills – we see him regularly during official meetings – she warns him against courtiers as soon as she becomes suspicious. “I tell her when I don’t feel someone, when it worries me, she confides. At one point, it was shoe polish all the time. Corn there are fewer court games than at the beginning. They felt it didn’t work with us“, explains the first lady. The world illustrates this example with a name, that of Ismaël Emelien, special advisor to the Elysee Palace, until his resignation in 2019. However, it is Le Monde which advances its name … not Brigitte Macron.
Who are the personalities who conquered Brigitte Macron? They have various profiles which range from Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of Overseas, with whom she regularly has lunch in the company of a former first lady Carla Bruni- Sarkozy, Fabrice Luchini – whom she would like see entering the French Academy – or Stéphane Bern. Marc-Olivier Fogiel, general manager of BFMTV, introduced him to the singer Mika during a dinner with the ex-star of the 8 p.m. of TF1, Claire Chazal while every Sunday evening, she calls Line Renaud, – met well before Emmanuel Macron decides to run for the presidential election – at the ex-lobbyist of TF1 and boss of Pink TV, Pascal Houzelot, specifies the magazine M.
A taste for sequins that goes with that for fashion, she who is very fond of Fashion Week. But also a taste for culture with a capital C, the one that makes history. We could see her moved in the national library of France or during the inauguration of the museum dedicated to the Dreyfus affair. So when Notre-Dame-de-Paris burns, she is obviously upset. She also wanted the voice of Catholics to be heard. “We never talk about it, Cathos …“says the one who defines herself as Catholic, non-practicing believer,”deist, voltairian“.