Brigitte Macron took stock of her five years at the Élysée as first lady. She says she is particularly ready to stay for an additional five-year term.
The Élysée, " it's not hell ". This is what Brigitte Macron told several AFP journalists on April 15 in comments relayed by Liberation . She even draws a positive assessment of her five years at the Élysée: " I did not experience what I was told, it's not hell", she explains, before add that "of course, there are constraints" , but that she is " ready ". She also projects herself into a possible new five-year term : " If I stay, I would like to do more to fight against school bullying and the addiction of young people to screens ", which make " immense damage " in society, she says. At the beginning of April, the president-candidate, Emmanuel Macron, had indicated on RTL about his candidacy and the reaction of his wife : " She accepted and I thank her very much" , acknowledging that it represented " a lot of sacrifices for the relatives ".
An active first lady
Brigitte Macron has been involved in many causes for five years . The former teacher has acted for causes such as disability, hospital, childhood or school dropouts. In 2019, she also succeeded Bernadette Chirac at the head of the Fondation des Hôpitaux de Paris-Hôpitaux de France, which manages the well-known operation of the " Yellow Pieces ". According to those around her, as told by the daily Sud-Ouest , she also visited 63 hospitals and 55 schools in five years, most of the time without media.
A couple that communicates
During these five years, Brigitte Macron also returned to her first love by creating in 2019, with the support of the LVMH group, the Institute of Vocations for Employment (Live). This institute trains adults aged 25 to 30 who have neither training nor employment. The first lady even gives literature lessons there. Regularly presented as one of the main advisers to the President of the Republic , Brigitte Macron claims to speak to him with total frankness: " I give him my opinion and he does what he wants with it ," she explained to the press. weekly Elle a few months ago.