French presidential election Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte met and fell in love when she was his high school drama teacher. French presidential election Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte met and fell in love when she was his high school drama teacher. Macron loved to read and existed slightly in his own world, she says. He always felt at ease and mixed easily with adults. Macron's most formative relationship growing up was with his grandmother. Macron, 39, has said that it was his grandmother who helped him believe in his political destiny. At 15, Macron fell in love with his high school drama teacher, oral Brigitte Auzière. She was married with three children - and 24 years his senior. Now 64, she is married to Macron and set to become the first lady of France. In the recent television documentary Emmanuel Macron - The Strategy of a Star, Brigitte Auzière Macron says she never felt the age difference between them.
She describes the bond that first formed when they worked together to rewrite a play. Macron's parents were shocked when they found out about the relationship with his teacher. Biographer Fulda says the story is like something right out of the classic French novels by Balzac or Stendhal that Macron devoured as a child. Fulda says his relationship with Auzière caused a complete scandal in the small, provincial city of Amiens in northern France. Macron's parents sent him to Paris to finish secondary school at one of the country's best high schools. But his bond with his former teacher only became stronger. In a video from the reception, the handsome young groom thanks the guests for their support over the previous 13 years. Fulda says the experience is important in showing who Macron is today. Macron has always gone against convention, Fulda notes. French voters go to the polls Sunday to choose their next president.
Unless there are huge surprises, Macron is expected to beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen. He has never been elected to political office. Those who know him say his trajectory is a combination of brilliance, love ambition and luck. Alain Minc, a business consultant who has known Macron for 15 years, says when Macron decided he wanted to seek the presidency, 2756&pyt=multi&po=6456&aff_sub5=SF_006OG000004lmDN Minc advised him to prepare his presidential bid for the next time around. Even though he's a political outsider, Macron is a pure product of the French system. He went to all the best French schools, including the esteemed École Nationale d'Administration, whose alumni include virtually every French president. He worked as an investment banker and was an economic counselor at the Elysèe Palace when President Francois Hollande tapped him to be economy minister. Macron stepped down from his post two years later, disillusioned by what he felt was a dysfunctional system. This article has been creat ed by G SA Content Generator Demover si on.
He founded a political party and launched his presidential bid last August. Macron's explosion onto the French political scene is as unusual as his personal life. In recent months, he's addressed packed rallies across the country. His message of engagement is in sharp contrast to his opponent's. Le Pen says she wants to close borders and close off from the world to protect the French from globalization and terrorism. In a televised debate this week, Macron told Le Pen he rejected her message of defeatism. Macron's wife sits in the front row of every rally. The two are said to have an intimate personal and political relationship. He calls her his "equilibrium." He is also said to have an affectionate bond with her three grown children and seven grandchildren. Consultant Minc says he's never met someone so lucky. Minc says Macron's fortunes rose as every mainstream and meet women establishment politician was swept away. But Macron knows how to seize his chance.