On Sunday, May 7, the founder of the political movement "Forward!" Emmanuel Macron won a landslide victory in the second round of the French presidential election. This is evidenced by the exit poll data and the first official data provided by the French Ministry of the Interior, which is responsible for organizing the voting and summarizing its results.

French TV channels France 2 and TF1 were the first to provide information on exit polls. Macron, 39, received the support of 65.1 percent of voters.

The French Interior Ministry, after processing more than 4 million ballots, reported that Macron was in the lead with a score of 60.19 percent. For Marine Le Pen, 39.81 percent of voters cast their votes. It is also noted that among the processed ballots, 359 thousand are empty and 160 thousand are spoiled.

Although the official results of the presidential election in France will be announced only on May 11, the world community has already begun to congratulate Emmanuel Macron. But what is known about the future president of France? website decided to look into this.

1. The youngest president in the history of the country

The 25th President of France is only 39 years old. He is the youngest President of France in the history of the post. Prior to this, the youngest president was considered the first president of the French Republic, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, aka Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon I. At the time of taking office, he was 40 years old.

Macron is also considered the youngest Minister of Economy of France, he headed the department at the age of 37.

2. Career success

Macron graduated from the Sciences Po Institute, which is considered the best educational institution for politicians. His career began in 2004 at the Ministry of Economy. He was a member of the Socialist Party from 2006 to 2009.

After his marriage in 2007, he immediately bought an apartment in Paris for a million euros and later included it in the declaration. According to the declaration, Macron earned 3.3 million euros from 2009 to 2014 in various positions in the banking sector.

In 2008, Macron was hired by Rothschild & Cie Banque, where he made a meteoric rise from analyst to partner in just four years. His commissions amounted to more than a million euros per year.

He returned to the ministry in 2012. From 2014 to 2016, he served as Minister of Economy.

3. Behind every successful man is a wise woman.

He is married to Bridget Macron, who is almost 25 years older than him, she is 64. Bridget was his school teacher, whom he fell in love with at 15 years old. And already on the day of his 17th birthday, Emmanuel told Bridget: "Whatever you do, no matter how you dodge me, I will marry you." The piquancy of the situation is that Bridget was already married and had three children.

In 2007, Bridget divorced and married Emmanuel. At the time of marriage, she was 54. The couple has no common children. The children of the wife are almost the same age as Macron. He is not only the stepfather of Bridget's children, but also the stepfather-grandfather of his grandchildren.

At a meeting of the party "Forward!" On March 8, Bridget appeared on stage next to her husband, kissed him on the lips and even said a few words, which slightly shocked those present. Macron has repeatedly stated that his wife plays a major role in his campaign, and in the future, perhaps, will become the main one in the Elysee Palace.

Macron long ago and consciously decided to share his political career with his wife, "to whom he owes a lot." It was she, according to Macron, who played a decisive role in his development as a person and as a politician. However, Bridget Macron herself is not going to become a politician. She just wants to be around.

4. Supporter of the European Union and integration

Leader of the Forward! believes that France needs rapprochement with Europe. He plans to create a parliament and budget for the eurozone. Macron advocates the preservation and reform of the European Union, free trade and "an open, confident, victorious France."

He supports the strengthening of influence and increased funding of the special services, the army and the police in the fight against terrorism. With regard to migrants and refugees, he supports an open door policy, is also going to reduce taxes and simplify the migration procedure for talented foreigners.

5. Emphasis on socially significant things

Macron is in favor of paying unemployment benefits to more people, including private entrepreneurs. In addition, he puts emphasis on education and the need to switch to renewable energy sources. Plans to allocate 50 billion euros for vocational training for small businesses.

6. Not a supporter of Russia on the world stage

Macron is not a sympathizer of Russia and will continue the policy of the previous President Francois Hollande regarding the Ukrainian issue.

"I will not obey Putin's dictates, and this is my difference from Ms. Le Pen," - a quote from one of Macron's speeches.

For several months now, the Western press has been enthusiastically discussing the beautiful and unusual love story of a young politician and his wife Bridget Tronier, who is literally fit for an active chosen one as a mother, being 24 years older than him. Why is this couple so interesting to the public and how did their relationship develop?

And a quarter of a century is not a hindrance

For many, it was a real revelation that a youthful and charismatic man, endowed with a Hollywood smile, has been happily married to his school teacher Bridget Tronier for 10 years now.

Here they are only nursing together not children, but Tronier's seven grandchildren, because the chosen one of the politician is 24 years older than him. Despite the huge number of young admirers, with loving eyes, the 39-year-old ex-minister of finance still looks at his long-legged blonde Bridget.

How did such an atypical love story begin?

Stories about how young men fall in love with their pretty teachers do not surprise anyone - feelings, as a rule, are purely platonic in nature and quickly fade away. However, Emnauel Macron was serious from the very beginning towards his teacher Bridget Ozier (the surname that she acquired when she was in her first marriage).

When an attractive person began to teach French literature at a Christian religious school in Amiens, she was 40 years old, moreover, she was married and raised three children - the same age as Macron.

In all respects, Bridget was no match for Emmanuel: not only did she have an arranged personal life, she also came from one of the wealthiest and most influential families in the city, which, for the fifth generation, owns a chocolate factory with an annual income of more than 4 million Euro.

Emmanuel, who grew up in a family of intellectual professors, was only 15 years old, and at the time of their acquaintance he was in the 10th grade. At first, the young man hid his sympathies, but at every lesson he amazed the teacher with his abilities and talents.

Later, Bridget also took on a theater class. Emmanuel, of course, expressed a desire to participate. In collaboration with the teacher, he wrote the script for the production and played one of the main roles in it. “We met every Friday to work on a play.

It was at that moment that we realized that a lot connects us and generally draws to each other, ”Bridget Tronier admitted years later in an interview with Paris Match.

Macron's classmates noticed that he was not indifferent to the teacher. And she herself always found a reason to publicly praise his literary talents.

“He wrote poems, and she read them aloud to the whole class,” a school friend of the future politician shared with Le Parisien.

However, there was no question of a happy ending then: after learning that the young man was passionate about the teacher, his parents insisted that he finish school in Paris.

According to insiders, Emmanuel did not want to leave Amiens at all and promised Bridget that someday she would definitely become his wife. And although the woman told the guy that he would soon forget her, Macron did not plan to give up and continued to seek the favor of his beloved with the same zeal, albeit at a distance.

Even after his departure, they continued to keep in touch. “We could talk on the phone for hours. And I patiently explained to him why we will never be together, ”Brigitte recalled in a documentary about the French presidential candidate.

As we can see, Emmanuel nevertheless turned out to be quite convincing: when the children of his beloved grew up, she left her husband and moved to Paris. “Then I thought that if I didn’t do this, my life would be wasted,” Tronier said in a video interview.

Family life

Before officially legalizing their relationship, Macron and Tronier simply lived together for several years. Bridget's children initially disapproved of her union with a much younger man. However, the politician still managed to win them over and establish warm friendly relations with them.

Emmanuel Macron and Bridget Tronier got married in 2007. On the day of the celebration, the young politician said: “Yes, we are not the most ordinary couple, but we are still together.”

They did not advertise their relationship for a long time: only in 2014, when Macron was appointed Minister of Finance of France, did he introduce his beloved wife to the general public.

Unlike most statesmen, Emmanuel does not hesitate to show tender feelings for his wife in public. By the way, the paparazzi often “catch” the Macrons for kisses during romantic walks or at events, and their pictures now and then adorn French glossy publications.

The couple does not have common children, but this, apparently, does not upset Macron at all - he is happy to nurse his wife's seven grandchildren.

Emmanuel is now fully committed to his political career, but his wife is still teaching, but now in Paris.

Bridget Tronier looks amazing

Despite her age, Bridget looks just great! A slender, toned figure is admired by many.

Of course, Bridget is very careful about her appearance. A well-groomed body, a beautiful face, from which a smile almost never leaves - her magnetism is mesmerizing.

The love story of the new President of France - Emanuel Macron - with his wife flooded the front pages of publications not only in his country, but throughout the world.

She is 63, he is 39. Their story of acquaintance could become a script for a Hollywood melodrama - of course, with a happy ending. Emmanuel Macron is young, handsome, smart, talented and a sex symbol in French politics. Naturally, the French actively discussed his personal life.

The site "24" has collected facts about the life of Bridget Macron and an amazing love story with Emmanuel, which is really exciting. About how a sexy French politician won an audience, why he nurses other people's grandchildren and why he married his school teacher - read the material.

Emmanuel and Bridget Macron

Bridget family

Bridget Tronier was born on April 13, 1953 in the north of France (the town of Amiens) - in the family of a famous chocolatier. She was the sixth and youngest child. The company of her confectionery dynasty, numbering five generations, produces, in particular, pasta cakes. The family business is quite successful and generates a profit of four million euros per year.

Bridget Macron while working at the school where the future President of France studied

First marriage

When Bridget was 21, she first married the banker Andre Louis Ozier and subsequently bore him three children: a son, Sebastian, and daughters, Laurence and Tiffany.

Acquaintance and marriage of Macron and Bridget

The future spouses met when Emmanuel was 15 (!) years old. Bridget Tronier then taught French and led a theater group at the private school La providence, where Macron studied.

Emmanuelle and Bridget during the rehearsal of the school play

They first met during the preparation of a theatrical play. Looking at Madame Macron, one can assume that in her youth she was very pretty, and, to be honest, now Bridget is also in great shape. Joint classes with the teacher dragged on for two years - they spent every evening together, and Emmanuel followed his teacher with his tail and even escorted her home. Of course, the last fact did not really please Bridget's husband.

Emmanuel Macron while studying at school

Two years later - at 17 - the future President of France made 40-year-old Bridget a declaration of love. But at that time, the woman already had a husband and three children, so she didn’t even think to take a declaration of love from a guy seriously.

Emmanuel and Bridget Macron (20 years ago)

Macron confidently declared: "No matter what you do, no matter how you evade me, I will marry you anyway."

Emmanuel's father, Jean-Michel Macron, forbade Bridget to communicate with their young son. When Emmanuel was 17 years old, his parents sent him to study in Paris, in an elite gymnasium named after Henry IV. Future spouses continued to communicate through letters.

Bridget and Emmanuelle on vacation

It's hard to believe, but after a few years Bridget divorced her husband to be with Macron. At that time, Emmanuel was just starting his career in big politics, and Bridget became a teacher at one of the religious schools in Paris. After 13 years they got married.

Their wedding took place at the town hall, in the fashionable beach resort of Le Touquet, where Bridget inherited a luxurious villa, which today serves as a second home to the spouses.

During the wedding speech, Emmanuel thanked Bridget's parents and children for supporting their union. The young groom admitted that although they are not a “normal couple”, they are still a “real couple”.

Children and grandchildren

The Macrons have no children of their own. Answering a question from journalists, Macron explained that this was a conscious decision. He calls Bridget's grandchildren his children. Bridget has three children and seven grandchildren.

Bridget Macron with her daughters

At one time, all major media disseminated photographs of Emmanuel Macron, who walks with his wife and carries bottles of baby food for her grandchildren. French publications write that Macron is very grateful to Bridget's children for being able to accept their relationship.

Bridget's grandchildren don't call Emmanuel "grandfather", but address him with affectionate English "daddy".

Macron with grandson Bridget

Elections and support

The love story of the spouses conquered the French, so it played a small role in Macron's victory in the presidential election.

Emmanuelle and Bridget during the first round of elections

Bridget devoted herself entirely to her husband's political career, often helping to compose speeches for Macron's political speeches. However, Bridget herself is not going to become a politician. According to Madame Macron, she just wants to "be there."

Age difference

Bridget Macron is 24 years older than her husband. By the way, the current US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have the same age difference.

However, unlike the owner of the White House, the French presidential candidate always emphasizes that his wife is his closest adviser.

Emmanuel Macron with his wife

French economist Marc Ferazzi, best man at Macron's wedding and now a member of Macron's team, described their relationship this way:

Yes, they are not exactly a traditional couple. But they fell in love 20 years ago and since then their feelings have only grown stronger. Their story is very simple and you have to accept the fact that people can just fall in love - and so much that their love will never weaken.

Style icon

French fashion magazines called the country's first lady "style icon". A woman prefers clothes from the two largest French fashion houses - Dior and Louis Vuitton and can afford it.

Brigitte Macron named "style icon"

Today, Macron actively brings his wife into the light and allows the paparazzi to photograph them together and publish thousands of their pictures in newspapers and magazines. Such behavior, when a politician himself actively talks about his personal life, France has not seen since the time, who decided to "imitate the Kennedys" in relations with his already ex-wife Cecilia.

According to the results of the last first round of the presidential race in France, Emmanuel Macron leads by a small margin - almost 24 percent of voters voted in favor of the founder of the Forward movement. At the same time, Macron's main competitor, Marine Le Pen, loses only a couple of points. However, the public is already considering Emmanuel as a potential top contender for the presidency. And this was the reason for the discussion of the possible first lady of the country - Brigitte Macron.

She has every chance to become practically the most "atypical" wife of the head of state. Looks like Melania Trump should move over. Brigitte, of course, did not expose herself for glossy covers, but she did everything so that Emmanuel was one step away from political victory.

Where does childhood go? To Amiens!

Not much is known about Brigitte's childhood years. She was born in northern France, in the picturesque region of Picardy, in 1953. By the way, on April 13, Macron turned 64 years old. The question immediately arises: how old is the future president of France? We will mention the age difference with his wife of almost 25 years a little later, especially since Brigitte and Emmanuel are still far from meeting.

Almost all her life Macron has lived in Amiens. She was not the only child in the family. In addition to her, Brigitte's parents raised five more children (Brigitte was the youngest in the family). Just do not assume that we have another story about Cinderella and the glass slipper. This case is not about Brigitte. Her family was one of the most influential in the region. The Tronier clan (on the paternal side) is still successfully engaged in the production of a wide variety of sweets, primarily macaroons. As reported in the press, Brigitte's nephew Jean-Alexandre Tronier is currently in charge of the family business (sweets bring a man about $ 5 million a year in net profit).

You can't cheat fate! How the work of a teacher brought future spouses together

Since Brigitte was practically non-stop in Amiens, it was there that she got married and got a job. The marriage of Brigitte Tronier and banker Andre Louis Oziero took place quite soon - in June 1974. It seemed that a rather successful union had turned out: Brigitte gave birth to three children to her husband for several years, without abandoning her pedagogical activity. And not in vain! At the age of 39, Brigitte was teaching French and Latin at a Jesuit high school. Interestingly, the future Madame Macron simultaneously led the theater circle, where she met Emmanuel.

Brigitte almost immediately singled out a 15-year-old boy from the crowd. It can be said that he led a reclusive lifestyle, had little contact with his peers and devoted all his free time to poetry (Emmanuel dreamed of becoming a writer, but did not even dream of a political career). Brigitte and Emmanuel quickly found a common language, they spent hours discussing classical literature, arguing about plays and having philological debates. Almost three years later, Macron announced at the graduation ball that he would certainly marry his teacher. The young man was not at all embarrassed that she was still in official relations with her husband, was the mother of three children and was 25 years older than him.

All the secret becomes clear

Amiens is a tiny town, so gossip about the "friendly" communication between Emmanuel and Brigitte quickly reached absolutely all of its inhabitants. Macron's parents, having found out what the whole district was discussing, forbade their son's teacher to approach him until Emmanuel was 18 years old. In order to protect the heir to the family business from the "harmful" influence, they sent the young man to study in Paris. Brigitte remained in Amiens, and Emmanuel promised his first (and last) love that he would definitely call her in marriage, but first a career. As it turned out, he does not throw words into the wind.

Ten years of marriage

Of course, there is no exact evidence that Brigitte fell head over heels in love with the then 15-year-old boy and decided to wait until he matured for a serious relationship, but just a few years after they met, Brigitte's marriage to the banker Ozier will burst at the seams. By 2007, the teacher from Amiens was already a divorced woman and lived alone, although she was constantly surrounded by children, and soon her grandchildren.

Emmanuel, all this time, continued to keep in touch with Brigitte, so he did not have to look for his love. Having made a marriage proposal, he did not immediately receive the coveted "yes": Emmanuel's chosen one thought for a while, but in the end gave her cherished consent. A little later, Brigitte moved to her fiancé in Paris. Her children and grandchildren also left for the capital of France. So, at almost 30 years old, Emmanuel became an unprecedentedly young grandfather. Over the past ten years, the paparazzi have repeatedly managed to capture the presidential candidate with the grandchildren of his wife.

How Brigitte brought Emmanuel to ... the presidential race

Emmanuel has repeatedly admitted that much of what happened to him is the merit of Brigitte, to whom he is immensely grateful. She, according to Macron, supported him and tried to give the right advice on how to act in a given situation. Starting from work in the banking sector and ending with the ministerial portfolio, Emmanuel tried to do everything in clear agreement with his wife. They have developed a brilliant tandem, they have built their family life in such a way that marital duties do not mix with working moments. Emmanuel has long made it clear to everyone that the principle of partnership operates in their relationship.

Macron is sure that without the efforts of his wife, he would never have entered into a political battle. Brigitte composes speeches for her husband to speak, "manages" him with some affairs and relieves him of less important matters as much as possible. It is clear that in recent years Brigitte has not been able to work as a teacher: she was completely involved in the activities of her husband. Moreover, she tries not to yield to Emmanuel in anything, so her every appearance is always the riveted eyes of observers and the active work of photographers.

How Brigitte fascinated photographers

Not only is the public still discussing the enormous difference in the age of the spouses (now Emmanuel is 39 years old, and Brigitte is 64), interest is also fueled by the fact that Madame Macron is in no way inferior in style to many celebrities. She does not hide the fact that she likes to dress in expensive boutiques, appear at Parisian fashion shows, carefully monitor her appearance and generally contrast strongly with the stereotypical provision of French women. The bourgeois habits of the couple are often the subject of discussion. But Brigitte and Emmanuel are a little embarrassed.

While ill-wishers are trying to find the skeletons in Brigitte's closet, at this time she confidently holds her husband's hand, kisses him in public and does not hide her emotions at all. Someone believes that Brigitte Macron is just a "beautiful, but vintage" accessory that clearly benefits Emmanuel. Moreover, the potential leader of the country was suspected of having sexual intercourse with a man, so it was believed that Brigitte was simply helping to mask the real state of affairs. It turns out that bright blond, bronze tan and high heels with dresses above the knee are just a layer for curious observers? The couple clearly no longer plans to have children, and Emmanuel shared that his wife’s grandchildren are enough for him.

Macron admitted that if he wins the presidential race, then Brigitte will become not just the first lady of the country, but will take a separate post, which, however, will not be paid.

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Emmanuel Macron, the current president of France, attracted attention not only with political and economic programs, but also with his personal life, namely his marriage to Brigitte Tronier (currently Macron), who is 24 years older than him. Their "forbidden" love story interests even those who are far from politics. But let's start from the very beginning.

Bridget Macron in her youth

Brigitte Tronier was born in 1953 in Amiens, in northern France. She was the youngest of six children. Here, probably, a story suggests itself about how difficult it was to exist in a large family, about difficult times and becoming a princess. But the Troniers were far from poor: the chocolate business provided status and a high income.

Brigitte did not go into the family business, but chose a job teaching French and Latin at a local school.

Brigitte is a school teacher

She also worked in theatrical productions.

At 21, she married André Louis Ozier, a local banker, and the couple later had three children. Nothing foreshadowed changes, it seemed that life was arranged and did not require any adjustments.

The beginning of a relationship with Emmanuel Macron

In 1993, Brigitte met fifteen-year-old Emmanuel Macron, her student in a theater group, who was 24 years younger.

Brigitte Tronier and Emmanuel Macron at the beginning of a relationship

At that time he was quiet and not very sociable, he was interested in poetry and philology, which became the subject of their conversations at first. The young man fell in love with the teacher and declared that he would marry her anyway:

“No matter what you do, no matter how you dodge me, I will marry you.”

Macron while studying

Brigitte (center)

Macron kept his promise, already a serious adult, and not a teenager whose statements were perceived as a manifestation of youthful maximalism.

The parents of the future president opposed the relationship of an adult woman with their young son. They sent Emmanuel to study in Paris at the prestigious Henry IV Gymnasium. For some reason, according to many, distance is a panacea for unnecessary, uncomfortable love.

Brigitte in 2001

And it's good that the majority are often mistaken! In 2006, Brigitte divorced her husband and moved to Paris, where Macron was waiting for her.

They corresponded throughout the years of their stay in different cities. How can you not believe in the power of love after that?!

This video tells the love story of Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron:

“Abnormal, but real,” the French president described his couple when he delivered a wedding speech.

Their wedding took place in the town hall on the beach of Le Touquet, where they now have their own villa, inherited by Brigitte.

Wedding

The first appearance of Emmanuel with his wife June 2, 2015

Family life of Macron and his wife

Despite the difference in age, the couple manages to maintain harmony: Brigitte takes care of herself, like any young girl, appears at receptions with her husband in outfits from the first designers and supports him in all endeavors.

As Emmanuel himself emphasizes, his present position is entirely the merit of his wife.

She not only pushed him to fight for the presidency, but also became his faithful assistant in all matters.

At the elections

Presidential inauguration

In Abu Dhabi

In India

With the French national football team

Macron had to give up her teaching career, but she found another use for her linguistic skills: she began to write texts for speeches to her husband. Emmanuel, in turn, helps his wife to play the role of a grandmother: he is happy to babysit her grandchildren, perceiving them as his own.

“I love Brigitte. She is a brilliant woman, and she has a charming figure ”- the words of Karl Lagerfeld reflect the general opinion about Brigitte Macron - she is perceived as an icon of style and it is noted that age acts as a highlight of this image.

However, she notes that it is not so easy to be the bearer of her status and is somewhat embarrassed, saying that, unlike her husband, she was not chosen as the first lady of France. Being the wife of a famous politician is not only a need to comply, it is also an increased popularity, which, according to Brigitte, becomes a test.

It is understandable: wherever you are, you must always be ready for attention from the media, there is almost no time left for the personal and inviolable.

"I said to myself: I'm going to miss my life if I don't."

Brigitte cannot be denied decisiveness, nevertheless, to make drastic changes and step into the unknown is not for everyone. Now the first lady of France receives a myriad of letters in which people admire her and her husband, call them a source of inspiration.

Currently, she is engaged in the study of social problems and analyzes how well government programs are being implemented.

Brigitte at the zoo naming a newborn panda

The road to the Elysee Palace was not paved with roses, but the strong love and determination of the spouses did their job and helped them win the hearts of the French people.