On April 10, local time, a group of street photos circulated on social media, and Brigitte Macron appeared in Le Touquet (a seaside town in the Gale Strait province of northern France), clinging to her husband, 44-year-old French President Emmanuel Macron, walking quickly on the street.
It's also a rare street photo of Brigitte, 68, the first lady who has lived in the Elysee Palace for nearly five years, rarely appears in the camera outside of working hours.
Le Touquet is the home of the Macrons, and they went there to vote.
On the 10th, the first round of voting in the French presidential election was held, and Brigitte and her husband walked into the polling station hand in hand, looking very good. Although Macron's lead in the polls is not very obvious, it is also a lead after all, he has some sense of necessity, of course, he is not arrogant, and the approval rating of competitor Marina Lepon is also steadily rising.
As for the re-election, Macron had already told the public earlier that his wife agreed to his candidacy and would fully support him, for which Macron also expressed his gratitude to Brigitte.
Candidates who received more than 50% of the vote in the first round of voting will be directly elected, but Macron did not do this, and he (28.6%) and Le Pen (23.6%) will enter the next round of competition, which is basically a copy of the status quo in 2017.
According to the poll on the 10th local time, Macron will win the second round with a 51% advantage. Interestingly, although Macron is younger, his approval rating among young French is low, and many young voters have a better liking for Le Pen, who is a female politician.
Macron, who was walking down the street with his beloved wife, seemed to be very interested, constantly talking to Brigitte, and adding a lot of body language. Brigitte, a former high school teacher, is a wife who knows how to listen, quietly listening to her husband's story, and seems to be advising him.
Different from the look of suits and leather shoes at work, Macron in the street shoot is a very casual outfit, a tri-color sweatshirt with a leather jacket, and the hand is inserted in the trouser pocket of jeans, which has a bit of the feeling of a trend youth more than 20 years ago.
Brigitte, on the other hand, maintained her usual modesty, the dark blue double-breasted coat looked very warm, and she also carefully wore gloves to prevent the "second face" from revealing too much age.
When the sun was shining, the Macrons appeared on the beach again, although due to the cold weather the two could not go into the water, but from Macron's bright smile, the two still enjoyed this rare vacation time, although it was very short.
After the end of the vote, the Macrons quickly returned to the capital and attended the event at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in the southern district of Paris, and when the good news came that Macron had entered the second round of voting with a leading edge, the middle-aged man, who was under 50 years old even if he had been president for another 5 years, immediately hugged his beloved wife, and the two of them hugged each other in full view.
According to CNN, Macron has done almost nothing on the campaign so far, and he has done nothing more than to hold a rally attended by 30,000 people. Obviously, his strategy is to conquer everyone with charisma, and his love for Brigitte in public is actually winning people's favor.
Although Brigitte is not amazing and is very old, she has become one of the most envied women in the minds of many people, and the person who contributed to this situation is also Macron. Compared with his wife, who is more than 24 years older, he showed affection, which touched many people, especially women, and became a classic image of "good husband".