Brigitte Macron was Marie-Sophie Lacarrau's guest on the 1 p.m. news on TF1 this Wednesday, January 8.
The First Lady reacted to criticism against her husband after the dissolution of the Assembly.
She described a head of state determined to continue his mission “to the end”, but somewhat changed by this episode.
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When silence is golden, speech is even more precious. This is the case with Brigitte Macron, who very rarely speaks in the public sphere. “Some newspapers attribute phrases to me, but I have never said what I thought and I will never say it”she insisted this Wednesday on the 1 p.m. set of TF1. In this interview, visible at the top of this article, the First Lady still agreed to answer questions from Marie-Sophie Lacarrau concerning her husband and the dissolution of the National Assembly. “For the moment it has brought more divisions than solutions for the French”the Head of State himself admitted in his traditional New Year's Eve speech.
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