The intimacy of the French presidents has aroused fascination and amusement beyond our borders. Today it is Emmanuel Macron’s turn to place himself at the center of a controversy surrounding a “a little too passionate” hug.
During the opening rite of the Olympic Games, photographs showing the French president and Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra kissing near the neck caused a stir and made headlines in the foreign press. These photographs have been described as “unusual”, “particularly affectionate”, even “indecent” for a professional setting.
The questionable photo.
Another detail caught the attention of commentators: in one of the photographs, Gabriel Attal apparently looks away while Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, 46, kisses the president. “Attal doesn’t know where to look,” joked one Internet user on social media.
In a demonstration full of emotion, Oudéa-Castéra, a former professional tennis player, was hugged by the 46-year-old president, while the latter rested his head on his. An almost intimate moment that did not go unnoticed.
The foreign press has been temporarily amused by this rather disturbing scene. The Telegraph ran a headline about “the curious kiss between Macron and Sports Minister,” while the New York Post said: “French President Macron’s hug and kiss with Sports Minister during the Olympics draws attention: “Indecent. ” For its part, the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia headlines: “Surprise in France due to the “strange” kiss between Macron and his Sports Minister during the Games. ”
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They all point out that, while the kiss is French, the framework language of the two politicians has crossed foreign borders, and the kiss seems evidently passionate in the eyes of commentators around the world.
Social networks temporarily took advantage of the controversy by adding a third character: Brigitte Macron. Some netizens wrote: “What is this kiss between Oudéa and Macron?Brigitte may not like it. ” Others joked, “Wow!That’s what I call teamwork. When I kiss a colleague, she doesn’t hang me naked. “
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However, the supporters of the Minister of Sports came to her defense, arguing that she embraced athletes in the same way, insisting on her fondness for the Olympic Games, but also on her clumsiness.
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