Reaction From His Parents
His mother added, “What is clear is that when Emmanuel met Brigitte we couldn’t just say: ‘That’s great’.'” Apparently, she also tried to speak with her son’s teacher, telling Brigitte, “Don’t you see. You’ve had your life. But he won’t have children with you.”

Reaction From His Parents
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Facing The Challenges
Even a close friend of Emmanuel Macron, Pascale Bourdrel, said that Brigitte had some difficulties, dealing with their 25 year age gap. Bourdrel told Tech2, “It took a lot of courage for Brigitte to continue to see Emmanuel, to face his family. There were meals to which she was invited, but not Emmanuel.”

Facing The Challenges