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One became President of the Republic. The other was his teacher. Today, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron form one of the most publicized couples in France. It must be said that their beginnings remain among the most singular and controversial of the political scene. Back on this love story that has hit the headlines for years.

A beginning of history like no other

It all started in the 1990s, in Amiens. Emmanuel Macron is a young teenager who shines with his intelligence. He is educated in a private Catholic school. And it is precisely in this school that he meets Brigitte Auzière, professor of French and host of a theater workshop. She is 39 years old, while the young Emmanuel only has 15. Their complicity is immediate, intellectual above all. Together, they write a piece.
Brigitte, married and mother of three children at the time, will confide much later to a friend whom she had had "the feeling of working with Mozart". The link with Emmanuel, she said, already seemed natural, almost obvious. But as their proximity is strengthened, looks wonder. The parents of the young Emmanuel first think that he frequented Brigitte's daughter, also educated in the same establishment. But the truth eventually bursts.

Parents against this relationship

Faced with the situation, the parents of the young Emmanuel make a radical decision and send him to finish his studies in Paris. In other words, far from Amiens and Brigitte. Officially, nothing illegal can be criticized for this emerging relationship. Because, at the time of the facts, France had not yet set the age of consent at 15 years in its penal code (which will be much later, in 2021). However, the facts remain unorthodox. A teacher, married, mother, who has an ambiguous relationship with a minor student has something to question.
Brigitte then tries to distance himself. She even admitted that she wanted to cut the bridges. She thought that Emmanuel, once in Paris, would meet a young girl her age and turn the page. But the years pass, and the link persists. They remain in contact, send messages and are called, despite the many kilometers that separate them.

A controversial marriage

In 2006, Brigitte separated from her husband. And it was only a year later, in 2007, that she married Emmanuel Macron. He is then 29 years old, while she has been 54. Since then, they have not left each other. It must be recognized that in our time, we can only be admiring that their relationship has resisted the trials of time, media and politics. During the 2017 presidential campaign, she even became an asset for him, embodying an image of united, atypical but assumed couple.
Which, at the start, looked like a taboo relationship turned into a presidential union. Their story has shaken up the standards, questioned conventions and is the subject of many debates. However, over the years, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron have imposed their couple as obvious, on the political scene as in the media. A unique trajectory, where love has not waited for the ideal circumstances to flourish.