Before presidential elections, candidates are often asked about their private lives. In the case of Emmanuel Macron, his childlessness became a topic of interest for the French in 2017.
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Sunday, 19 March 2017: The French television channel C8offers its viewers a completely new type of program with a new show called 'Presidential election: the candidates spill all'.
The then candidates for the office of French President appear one after the other in front of children, who ask them questions about their programs, their vision of France and also about their private lives.
Why Emmanuel Macron hasn't got biological children
The first candidate to face the children's unfiltered questions is Emmanuel Macron, smiling and relaxed. After interpreting Cyrano de Bergerac's famous monologue in his own way, the current president answered a very personal question. Little Fleuraline asked him:
Don't you miss being a father?
The former minister replied: 'That is a choice I have made'. He then explained:
Brigitte, who is my wife, already had three children. Some of them were big when I met them, others were smaller. Then we asked ourselves the question, and I was of the opinion that the most important thing is to bring up the children well and love them.
This answer and decision seems to have completely convinced the children during the TV show.
Who is Emmanuel Macron?
Emmanuel Macron was born on December 21, 1977 in Amiens in northern France. His father is a professor of neurology. In 2001, he completed his studies in political science and philosophy, working on Machiavelli and Hegel. He then went on to study at the French elite school Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
From 2008, he worked for Rothschild Bank. In 2012, he switched to politics under President François Hollande: first he was Secretary in the President's Office, then he became Minister of the Economy from 2014 to 2016. In 2017, he founded the new 'En Marche' list, which was later renamed the 'Renaissance' party. He has been President of France since 2017.
How many children does Brigitte Macron have?
Brigitte Macron was born in Amiens on April 13, 1953, the youngest of six children. One of her sisters died tragically in an accident. Her family owned a chocolate company in the region. After studying literature, she worked as a secondary school teacher.
With her first husband, the banker André-Louis Auzière, she had three children: Sébastien, born in 1975, Laurence, born in 1977, and Tiphaine, born in 1984. She met her second husband Emmanuel Macron in 1992 when she was teaching him in drama class. They married in 2007.
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This article has been translated from See&So DE.
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