Just a few hours before the debate between the two rounds between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, the French are more interested than ever in politics… And the parents of the two candidates in the running are doing the same!
While Jean-Marie Le Pen timidly “supports” his daughter, Jean-Michel Macron, the father of the outgoing President of the Republic has decided to raise his voice to make a positive assessment of his son’s five-year term.
Indeed, while he has granted very few interviews since Emmanuel Macron’s victory in 2017, the neurologist decided to be talkative during an interview with our colleagues from L’East Republican published on Monday, April 18, 2022.
“I approve of 90% of what he does”
If Jean-Michel Macron is described as someone “distant with his son”, the latter still wanted to express his “admiration for the way [Emmanuel Macron] leads the state and for his courage. »
“I approve of 90% of what he does,” indicated the doctor by profession, before adding that the French “are very ungrateful, but this is nothing new. »
“He had a lot of merit in facing up to everything that fell on his head, in particular the Covid”, finally slipped the father of the President of the Republic. And to add: “Faced with the war in Ukraine, he had a lot of courage. There are not many European leaders who have done what he has done. » Ah, the unfailing love of a father…
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Lisa Ziane