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The president was seen strolling through the streets of Le Touquet with his wife, Brigitte Macron, in a very “casual” outfit, a few hours before the first results of the legislative elections.
He appeared relaxed, wearing a leather jacket, sunglasses and a black cap on his head. Emmanuel Macron was seen walking the streets of Le Touquet on this weekend of legislative elections, a few hours before the results of the first round.
The head of state, accompanied by his wife Brigitte Macron, surrounded by his security detail, took the opportunity to greet passers-by, shake hands and even take a few selfies. The president and his wife voted in Le Touquet on Sunday.
Many Internet users were taken aback by Emmanuel Macron’s very casual outfit, with some comparing him to the main character in the American blockbuster “Top Gun”. “The guy thinks he’s Tom Cruise”, said one user on X. Others said they were surprised by the apparent relaxation of the head of state ahead of legislative elections in which the far right came out on top. “He was one of the only relaxed French people today”, commented one Internet user.
The images of Macron in Le Touquet in a leather bomber jacket with sunglasses and a cap have stunned his own troops at the Elysée: “He’s completely high,” says a former member of the château. “He looks like Nero contemplating Rome in flames.” His new nickname #Off
— Nils Wilcke (@paul_denton) https://twitter.com/paul_denton/status/1807639015199215960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
According to journalist Nils Wilcke, the sequence would have disturbed even the ranks of the majority. “He is completely out of it,” a former close friend of the Elysée Palace is said to have declared. “He looks like Nero contemplating Rome in flames.”
