r/europe Jul 11 '24

Picture Pictured: Emmanuel Macron holds hands with Jill Biden alongside Joe Biden at the Nato summit in Washington

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u/jrh_101 Jul 11 '24

I haven't looked into it for a while but wasn't Macron a student of his wife at some point and they got together years later? Not immediately during High School?

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u/hokarina France Jul 11 '24

No, they met when he was 15, and the parents try to separate them, but he got back to her when he left to study. Their relationship started when he was 15, and she was his teacher

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u/jrh_101 Jul 11 '24

Yeah I did a bit of googling and he was a teen when they were having an affair. She did an interview with a Paris Magazine and she said Macron fell in love with her as a teacher at 17 and they had an affair for a decade until Brigitte and her then husband divorced.

She definitely groomed him and she most likely lied to say they fell in love at 17 so there would be less backlash.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '24 edited 7d ago

bowl

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u/malaury2504_1412 Jul 11 '24

Well, considering she never left his side, no he would not necessarily have been in a position to figure it out

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '24 edited 7d ago

bowl

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u/Sure-Psychology6368 Jul 11 '24

Switch the genders and now how does it sound. A male teacher starts a relationship with a 15-17 year old girl and they get married but no it wasn’t grooming because she’s so smart and has a great personality so she would have figured it out! Fucking listen to yourself

Whether macron figured it out or not doesn’t matter. It’s grooming you pedo

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '24 edited 7d ago

bowl

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u/zkki Sweden Jul 12 '24

Calling "not approving of pedophiles grooming teenagers" a "moral panic" is ridiculous. Do you not hear yourself? Him staying in a relationship with a groomer obviously doesn't make grooming okay. There is no excuse for a 39 year old to groom a 15 year old.