First Lady of France in her youth
Brigitte Tronier was born in 1953 in France.
In the family of a successful pastry chef, she became the sixth child. She grew up in prosperity and attention, and studied well. The matured girl can be called the standard of French beauty. Short stature, slender figure, impeccable facial features and a cheerful smile. Even in her youth, Bridget decided to become a teacher and subsequently realized her goal by successfully graduating from a pedagogical institute. By the age of 21, she married a businessman and gave birth to three children: a son and two daughters. Despite the wealth in the family, she did not want to become a housewife and continued to work as a teacher.
Macron's romance with a teacher
Emmanuel's first acquaintance with his future lover took place at the age of 15. This happened at the Amiens school, where Brigitte worked as a French teacher. At that time, she was already old enough for him - she was 39 years old.
Platonic love between a student and a teacher arose during extracurricular activities in the school theater club. Madame Tronier rehearsed with the children a performance in which young Macron took part. After rehearsals, he sometimes accompanied his mentor home. Over time, he came to understand that Bridget was the love of his life. The teenager firmly decided for himself: someday she would become his wife.
When Emmanuel's parents found out about their son's feelings, they were indignant. He was urgently sent to study at a prestigious gymnasium in Paris. The family hoped that this absurd passion would fade away at a distance. And indeed, for some time it was like that. They corresponded occasionally, but each continued to live their own lives.
Brigitte Macron - wife of French President Emmanuel Macron
For general erudition and out of curiosity, it is useful to find out what is going on in the world. But looking at the current first lady of France, and especially knowing that she is 24 years older than her husband, is very interesting. And if you also know that the romance between the president and his wife began when Brigitte, who at that time bore the surname of her banker husband Ozier, was a teacher of French language and literature in high school, where Emmanuel Macron, witty, erudite, drew attention to her , a promising boy. So young Emmanuel Macron fell in love with his teacher, his young blood was boiling, his heart demanded an ideal - what schoolgirl could compete with a mature, intelligent, charming and sparkling literature teacher? He was 16 and she was 40! By that time, Brigitte Ozier had three children, one of her daughters was in the same class with Emmanuel. At the time of writing this article, Emmanuel Macron is 40 years old, and his wife Brigitte Macron is 64 years old; by the way, this pretty grandmother already has eight grandchildren. But the Macron spouses do not have children together, but the French President considers his wife’s grandchildren to be his children, babysits them, plays with them, changes diapers and feeds them milk from a bottle. Initially, the romance between Emmanuel and Bridget would have been simply platonic, the teacher hoped that the student would grow up and cool down, but the future president of France decided not to give up, he confronted his beloved with the fact that no matter what she did, no matter how hard she tried to forget him and erase him from of his life - he will marry her no matter what. Bridget's husband was furious, he thought that a cute schoolboy was carrying bouquets of flowers for his daughter, Emmanuel Macron's parents were all beside themselves with rage, and what would you say if your sixteen-year-old son fell for his forty-year-old teacher. Urgently, the schoolboy in love was sent by mom and dad to study in the city of Paris, and there were strings of letters and endless conversations on the phone. Emmanuel wrote beautiful poems, all of them are still carefully kept in Brigid’s desk drawer, she didn’t predict the presidency for her handsome Emmanuel, she still considers politics a dirty business - it’s much better to be a writer. By the way, Bridget comes from a wealthy family - her father is a chocolatier - the owner of a chain of confectionery stores. Bridget's dad died at the age of 85, exactly the same year when it became known about his daughter's relationship with a schoolboy.
Bridget's first husband did not give his unfaithful wife a divorce for a very long time; only as a 55-year-old woman, she was able to become Madame Macron, the groom was already mature - he was 30 years old! He affectionately calls her Bibi, and she calls him Mani. But still, I personally think that this is all a PR stunt. These two have already known each other for 24 years, the passions should have all subsided, fiery feelings are being replaced by deeper, more meaningful ones, one might even say that a warm affection appears. In public, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Bridget demonstrate Shakespearean passions; he kisses her so much that you want to say: “Turn out the lights, cover the eyes of the children!” Brigitte Macron’s appearance is very interesting; at 64 years old she has become overly wrinkled, but her figure is just right! I especially admire her beautiful slender legs; Madame Macron shows them off with pride. And the wife of the President of France loves to spend time in the solarium, forgetting how harmful it is to aging skin.
But Emmanuel Macron is a sultry handsome man - the youngest president, by the way! Most French women dream of getting him into bed, but this politician’s heart is forever given to a woman who is 24 years older than him. Emmanuel Macron himself is perplexed - why is the public in shock? What if it were the other way around? If Macron had been a teacher for forty years, and Brigitte had been his sixteen-year-old student? And then, seeing the blossoming bud of her beautiful body, would he begin to dream day and night about how to pick this delicate flower? Calm down, Macron, and the public would condemn this, well, if only because the beautiful Bridget was married, and you, a talented child, broke up her family.
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Wedding of Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Trognier
After school, Macron graduated from the Institute of Political Studies and plunged into the work of politics. He liked his work and was in no hurry to start a family.
During this time, Brigitte Tronier managed to divorce her husband and raise her children. The sudden meeting of Bridget and Emmanuel turned everything in their minds: old feelings awoke, passion flared up even stronger. Romantic dates and a long period of courtship began.
By 2007, the loving couple decided to get married and legalize their relationship. At that time, the bride was 54 years old, and the groom was only 29 years old. After the festive ceremony, the couple purchased a villa in France, where to this day they love to spend their free time together.
To the surprise of those around them, the marriage union turned out to be strong. Despite the fact that the young couple decided not to have children together, they were united by feelings for many years. The wife became a good friend, best adviser and mentor for the famous politician.
Before the start of their presidential career, they lived together for exactly 10 years. During this time, Macron worked in the banking industry, and having made a number of successful sales, he earned his first few million. However, his passion for politics eventually led him to participate in the presidential race. Meanwhile, the young wife had already become a grandmother - she had six grandchildren.
Meeting Emmanuel and Bridget
The teacher's biography was initially unremarkable. Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron devoted herself entirely to her work. They met the future president of France when the young man was barely 15 (!) years old. At that time, a mature 39-year-old teacher and a young man met on the theater stage during a rehearsal for one of the plays.
The couple’s joint activities unexpectedly dragged on for two long years. Emmanuel ran after his teacher, accompanying his passion home. In response to this, the teacher lavished praise on the pupil, admiring his writing talent, and even called him the second Mozart because of his musical abilities. Her husband really didn’t like the excessive closeness between teacher and student, but the loving banker couldn’t even imagine how such affection would end.
President Macron and his wife
In May 2020, the French presidential elections were successful for the Macrons. And so, the young politician, who began to rule the country at the age of 39, showed the whole world his chosen one. She was 63 years old at that time.
It is worth noting that such an alliance caused a lot of hype in the press, and there was some ridicule. However, the president began to advertise his touching relationship with his wife even more often. At all meetings and ceremonies, he holds his wife tightly by the hand and does not hide his loving eyes.
The French President is grateful to his wife for many of his achievements. In all interviews, he emphasizes that he achieved everything thanks to her support, advice and simply existence.
Marriage of Macron and Tronier
At the age of 17, Emmanuel confessed his love to Bridget, and his parents rushed to take their son to Paris to the elite gymnasium named after Henry IV in order to hide his blood away from his married passion. When leaving, the guy promised to marry Bridget no matter what. She shrugged it off with a smile, but divorced just in case. Father Jean-Michel Macron was categorically against his son’s communication with the tenacious teacher, but his son continued the secret correspondence. Emmanuel matured as a groom at the age of 30; the bride’s “tender age” at that moment was only 55 years.
Photos of the wedding in the town hall on the fashionable Le Touquet beach became a real sensation in the world of big politics, where young Emmanuel had already earned himself a good reputation. By the way, the cheerful retired bride-to-be inherited a luxurious villa in Le Touquet, which now serves as the couple’s second home. The newly-made husband himself, in a fiery wedding speech, called his couple “abnormal, but real.”
Brigitte Macron: style icon
Her slender figure has not changed at all: she is fit and energetic. At all social events and political meetings, the first lady looks impeccable. She prefers to wear classic suits or dresses just above the knee, stiletto heels, and discreet accessories. Among the peculiarities of clothing, perhaps, one can note a passion for scarves.
Despite her rather advanced age, many note Bridget’s attractiveness. It is easy to see that she did not undergo facial plastic surgery; the proof of this is the many wrinkles. However, a wide, cheerful smile cannot leave anyone indifferent. She is not ashamed of her age and tells the whole world: “Look, he loves me like this.” Perhaps the secret of Bridget Macron’s charm lies in the fact that even at 66 years old she is young at heart.
Macron, Emmanuel
Origin and education Emmanuel Macron (full name - Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frederic Macron) was born on December 21, 1977 in Amiens (northern France). His father is Jean-Michel Macron, a professor of neurology at the University of Picardy, and his mother, Françoise Macron-Nogues, is a doctor of medical sciences. In 1999, Emmanuel Macron graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Paris X - Nanterre, in 2001 - the Institute of Political Studies (Cience Po, Paris), in 2004 - the National School of Administration (ENA, Strasbourg) - the most prestigious universities, whose graduates were French Presidents Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Jacques Chirac, Francois Mitterrand, Francois Hollande. During his studies, in 1999-2001, he worked as a secretary to the famous French philosopher Paul Ricoeur, helping him work on the book “Memory, History, Oblivion.” In the civil service In 2004, he joined the State Financial Inspectorate. In 2007, he became deputy rapporteur at the Commission on Economic Growth, headed by the famous economist Jacques Attali. In March 2010, Emmanuel Macron joined this commission (the commission ceased its activities in October 2010). As a graduate of the National Academy of Sciences, Macron was required to work in the civil service for 10 years and, in case of early departure, was obliged to return the cost of training and scholarships to the state. In total, he worked in the civil service for just over six years, for which he was fined 54 thousand euros. Banking activities Simultaneously with his service in the financial inspectorate, Macron worked at Rothschild & Cie (Rothschild Bank): he was an investment banker (2008-2012) and a partner (2010-2012). In 2012, he carried out a major transaction to acquire the Swiss ) baby food division of the American ) worth more than 9 billion euros. After the completion of this transaction, Macron became a millionaire (2.4 million euros). In total, he earned more than 3 million euros from the Rothschild Bank. In the presidential administration In 2011, Macron joined the campaign headquarters of Social Party presidential candidate Francois Hollande. Together with the famous economist Michel Sapin, he was responsible for the development of an economic program. After Hollande’s victory (51.64% of the vote in the second round), Macron took the post of Deputy Secretary General of the Presidential Administration, supervised issues of strategy, economics, budget, finance, tax and industry policy, and was a member of the president’s inner circle. However, contrary to expectations, he was not invited to the post of head of the presidential administration and in 2014 he left the Elysee Palace. In 2012, Macron participated in the Young Leaders exchange program operated by the Franco-American Foundation. Minister of Economy In August 2014, he was appointed Minister of Economy, Industry and Information Technology in the second government of Manuel Valls. The appointment was unexpected because, according to French political tradition, lack of experience in elected office is a disadvantage for a minister. It is for this reason that François Hollande did not appoint Macron as head of the budget ministry in the first Valls government in April 2014. Macron’s most notable initiative as Minister of Economy was the development of the Law in Support of Economic Activity and Development (“Macron Law”, adopted in July 2020 .). It is aimed at liberalizing the economic sphere and increasing competition between market participants and affects such areas as trade and transport, the work of lawyers and notaries, housing construction and small business. On August 30, 2020, he resigned due to disagreements with Francois Hollande on domestic policy issues. President In April 2020, Macron founded the centrist political movement “On the March,” renamed in July 2020 to “Republic on the March” (previously, in 2006-2009, he was a member of the Socialist Party, but did not pay dues). On November 16, 2016, he officially announced his candidacy for the presidency. In the first round of elections on April 23, 2020, he received the largest number of votes - 24.01% (2.7% ahead of National Front candidate Marine Le Pen). In the second round, which took place on May 7, he won, receiving 66.10% of voters (20.7 million French voted for him). Macron spent almost 16.7 million euros on the election campaign (data from the official government newsletter, Journal Offiel). Emmanuel Macron took office on May 14, 2020. He became the youngest president in French history. On May 15, 2020, Macron appointed Edouard Philippe from the Republican party to the post of prime minister. In modern French political history, for the first time, a president appointed a prime minister from outside his camp without being forced to take this step as a result of defeat in parliamentary elections. In his first days in office, the level of French trust in Macron was lower than in his predecessors Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande in the early days of their terms. According to a study by the sociological institute Elabe, 45% of respondents believed in Macron’s ability to solve the country’s problems (Hollande in the first days after taking office in a similar survey received the support of 58% of the French, Nicolas Sarkozy - 59%). Ratings According to polls by the French Institute for Public Opinion Research (Ifop), in May 2017, 62% supported the French President’s political course, but by October Macron’s popularity rating had fallen to 44%. In January 2020, it rose to 53%, but in April, when asked “are you satisfied with Emmanuel Macron’s policies,” only 44% of respondents answered positively, and 55% said they were disappointed with the president’s actions. In July, only 39% of respondents were “satisfied” with the president’s activities (61% were dissatisfied). In December 2020, only 23% of French people supported the president, but at the beginning of January 2020, 28% already approved of his activities. The program Emmanuel Macron named the main tasks of his presidency as reducing the unemployment rate from 10% in 2020 to 7.7% by 2022 and reducing the budget deficit from 3.3% to 3% of GDP. His program includes increasing the defense budget to 2% of GDP (today 1.79%) and reducing corporate income tax from 33.3 to 25%. Macron proposes to increase minimum pensions and disability benefits by 100 euros. It intends to invest 50 billion euros in a number of strategic projects, in particular in the development of renewable energy sources and the modernization of agriculture. He advocates the abolition of the ban on wearing Muslim headdresses (scarves). During the election campaign, Macron advocated for a united Europe and the preservation of France in the EU, but after entering the second round he said that the European Union needed reform, otherwise it would face Frexit (France’s exit from the EU; similar to British Brexit). He believes that cooperation with the Russian Federation should be built around the joint fight against international terrorism and the resolution of the conflict in Syria. He is of the opinion that anti-Russian sanctions should be lifted as Russia implements the Minsk agreements. Activities Scandals In March 2020, the French prosecutor's office began a preliminary investigation into Emmanuel Macron. Law enforcement officials were interested in his trip to Las Vegas in January 2020. Its purpose was the participation of Macron, who at that time served as Minister of Economy, in a meeting with businessmen as part of the International Electronics Exhibition French Tech Night. On March 8, 2020, information appeared in the French media (Mode and West-France newspapers) that the organization of the trip (cost: 380 thousand euros) was entrusted to the French advertising company Havas. At the same time, the tender was not announced, which contradicts the antitrust laws of France. Macron himself said that he was not aware of these organizational details. In addition, Macron is suspected of concealing income. The Anti-Corruption Association stated that the amounts he declared in 2014 do not match those he earned in 2009-2012. Thus, he received approximately 3.3 million euros from the Rothschild Bank (2008-2012) and 2.8 million euros while working in the administration of President Francois Hollande (2012-2014). At the same time, in 2014, Macron declared 1.2 million euros, and also stated that he had a debt of 1 million euros. In July 2018, a scandal erupted in France around Alexandre Benalle, an employee of the Elysee Palace, who was responsible for the security of President Macron, who beat demonstrators during the May Day demonstration in Paris. In June 2020, an investigation was launched into suspicion of illegal financing by the Lyon mayor's office of Emmanuel Macron's election campaign. The complaint was filed by Staffan Guillan, a city councilor and representative of the Republican Party. Before the 2020 presidential elections, the mayor of Lyon was an ardent supporter of Macron, Gerard Colon, who after his victory was appointed minister of the interior. The complaint, in particular, alleged that in 2020, Macron, while he was still finance minister, was given a dinner party in Lyon that actually had the aspect of a campaign rally. The city treasury also paid for the rental of a ship in Lyon, on which another reception was held for Macron’s supporters. It was alleged that a number of premises in Paris, which Macron used during the election campaign, were also paid for by the Lyon mayor's office. During the investigation, the prosecutor's office established that Macron's visit had nothing to do with the election campaign and concerned the development of chemical enterprises, which corresponded to his position as minister at that time. The investigation also found that 996 euros for the rental of the ship in Lyon were repaid by the headquarters of the On the March movement, which is reflected in the financial report for the presidential campaign. The prosecutor's office also claims that although the mayor's office developed a plan to sublease the premises it rented in Paris to the Macron movement, this project was not implemented. On January 21, 2020, French justice stopped the investigation. Awards As president, he is Grand Master of the Legion of Honor and Grand Master (Grand Master) of the Order of Merit. On August 16, 2020, Emmanuel Macron topped the annual ranking of the most influential people under 40 according to Fortune magazine, overtaking the founder of the social network Facebook (Facebook) Mark Zuckerberg. On December 8, 2020, it became known that Emmanuel Macron became the winner of the International Charlemagne Prize for 2018. The prize is expected to be presented to the laureate in May 2020 in Aachen. He is awarded for his vision of a new Europe, his work on the renewal of the European project and on European independence. Personal information Since 2007, Emmanuel Macron has been married to former French and Latin teacher Brigitte Trogneux (from a family of famous pastry chefs), who is 24 years older than him and with whom he has been in love since school days. They met in 1993 at the La Providence Lyceum in Amiens - Macron attended a theater studio where Brigitte (part-time) was the director. She has three children from her first marriage and seven grandchildren. In his youth, Macron was fond of French boxing and football, participated in school theater productions, played the piano, and wrote poetry. On March 1, 2020, Emmanuel Macron played the role of the reader in Sergei Prokofiev's musical fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf” at the Elysee Palace. Among the spectators were children from low-income families.
