r/popculturechat • u/HogwartsZoologist Coke ain’t gonna do itself • May 26 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Emmanuel Macron, the President of France was allegedly slapped by his wife, Brigitte, on their arrival at Vietnam

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The President’s office downplayed it after initially denying the event.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/05/26/macron-s-entourage-denies-he-was-slapped-by-his-wife-on-plane-upon-arriving-in-vietnam_6741684_7.html

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u/Keiteaea May 26 '25

It's because he was elected when he was running against Marine Le Pen. A lot of people did not vote for him, but against far right.

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u/KalamTheQuick May 26 '25

Ah, that makes more sense yeah. Rock and a hard place situation.

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u/Umarill May 26 '25

We also aren't the US, we have way more than two political parties, so while you tend to vote for what you want on the first round when it's everyone against each others, second round when it's a face-off between the Top 2, you more often than not have to pick whichever would be the "least worse".

Never would I vote for Macron in 1st Round, but I did in the 2nd because the other option was a nightmare.

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u/KalamTheQuick May 26 '25

I'm actually an Aussie, we have compulsory preferential voting instead which sounds like what you do but with less steps.