Brigitte Macron reveals her husband’s “pain” due to criticism

Brigitte Macron revealed that her husband sometimes “suffers” from criticism, to the point that he remains silent and refuses to talk to anyone.

The French First Lady added, in a television interview, that the French President, Emmanuel Macron, ignored the calls directed at him to resign, and praised his dedication, as she described it, and at the same time painted a bleak picture of the state the country had reached under his presidency.

Brigitte Macron (71 years old) has accompanied the 47-year-old president since they met at school in Amiens, northeastern France, where she was a teacher and he was a student. However, she witnessed his popularity decline after his ill-fated decision to call for early parliamentary elections last summer. Which left the country in a political impasse.

Brigitte rejected French press reports that she advised her husband not to dissolve the National Assembly, although she refrained from supporting the move.

“He explained it to me,” she said, adding that “history will say, in the end, whether it was right to do it or not.” However, Brigitte’s description of the current French political and economic situation seemed like an implicit condemnation of her husband’s actions, and she said that the French “ “They were upset and a little lost,” she said, adding, “They need clarification. They don’t understand what is happening.”

She continued: “Before, if you had a job, you could live, get a house, and have a future for children, and now people are not sure about that. They are worried about the future, because they do not understand the present.”

He refused to resign

During the interview, which came during a charity event to raise money for hospitals, Brigitte Macron rejected calls for her husband’s early resignation to reduce the political crisis in France, saying that he “will continue until the end of his term,” until 2027, explaining: “This is the mission that the people assigned him.” The Frenchman…it is important to him.”

The French First Lady said that, since he became president, she has not seen her husband completely leave work for even a single day, adding: “He puts all his intelligence and all his heart at the service of the French people.”

When asked if he had changed since taking office, Brigitte said: “No, but let’s say that sometimes what he hears hurts him… It is very difficult, but he keeps it to himself, and before he spoke much more easily, but now he does not.” “He says what he feels, and I understand that because if there’s one thing Emmanuel deserves, it’s respect.” About “The Times”

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Admitting a mistake

French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged for the first time last week that his decision to call early parliamentary elections last summer “brought more divisions in parliament than solutions to the French people,” in an unusually modest eight-minute address to the nation on the occasion of… In the new year, Macron said he hoped the elections would allow the French people to have their say, restore clarity and avoid deadlock.

However, Macron added: “Clarity and humility lead me to admit that this decision has at this time caused more instability than calm, and I fully accept my share of responsibility.”

Under the French constitution, new parliamentary elections cannot be held until July, and Macron has pledged to serve out his full presidential term, which is set to end in 2027.

He said he would ask French voters to “decide on some crucial issues” in 2025.

The president’s pre-recorded speech from the Elysee Palace was preceded by a short video clip, showing some of the key events in 2024, including the Paris Olympics, and the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, which was rebuilt after it was almost destroyed by fire in 2019.

. The French First Lady confirmed that Macron ignored the calls directed at him to resign.