Brigitte Macron is a former French and Latin teacher. Since May 2017, she is the first lady of France, while constantly and everywhere she accompanies her husband Emmanuel Macron.
Biography
Brigitte Marie-Claude Tronier was born on April 13, 1953 in the north of France, in the Picardy region. The Tronier family was very wealthy, his father was the owner of a chain of pastry shops and a chocolatier, and his mother was a housewife. The girl was the youngest child.
Brigitte received an excellent education, she began her career as a press attaché in the Chamber of Commerce, which was located in Pas-de-Calais. Then Tronier received a CAPES certificate, which gave her the opportunity to become a teacher of the humanities in educational institutions in France.
In 1974, Brigitte married the banker André Louis Ozier, in the marriage she gave birth to three children: son Sebastian, daughters Laurence and Tiffany. Despite her successful marriage, wealthy husband and large family, the future first lady of France did not abandon her teaching career.
Brigitte and Emmanuelle: a love story
In 1991, Brigitte Tronier began teaching Latin and French at the La Providence Lyceum. There she met Emmanuel Macron, who at that time was her daughter's classmate. He studied literature with Brigitte and participated in her theatrical productions. Macron began to spend a lot of time alone with his teacher, at first they discussed literature, performances. Already in 1994, Emmanuelle and Brigitte began their love relationship, the difference between the lovers was 24 years. This led to a scandal, rumors spread throughout the small town pretty quickly. Macron's parents had to urgently send Emmanuel to study in Paris.
But neither the years nor the distance allowed Macron to forget his first love. He was not looking for any relationship, because he understood that it was Brigitte Tronier who had to achieve.
When Emmanuelle became an adult, he decided to renew his relationship with Brigitte again, because now no one could condemn their relationship. The woman decides to take a risky step, in 2006 she divorces her husband, moves to Paris, where she again reunites with her beloved. Emmanuel Macron proposed to Brigitte, but she did not immediately accept it. They got married on October 20, 2007.
Income
Almost nothing is known about the financial condition and income of Madame Macron. Since Brigitte devotes all her time to her husband's affairs, she left her teaching career even before the election campaign.
The family of Brigitte Tronier (Macron) is from the north of France, where she is very famous and for several decades has owned the production of chocolate and other sweets. The most popular and profitable product is macaroons. The family business is currently owned by Jean-Alexandre Tronier, Brigitte's nephew. Such a business brings in over 4 million euros per year. Part of the share belongs to the first lady of France.
Now Brigitte Macron is only engaged in her husband's political career. She does not work, although she has 4 personal consultants and 5 assistants under her supervision. They carry out standing errands for the first lady, sorting her mail, answering letters. Brigitte received a position in the government, but does not receive a salary. Emmanuel Macron really wanted to create a special position for his wife, but the French created a petition aimed at protesting this innovation.
Nevertheless, Brigitte is always next to her husband, giving him good advice about management, work in the banking sector or the ministry. She drew on herself as much as possible the solution of those issues that do not require the intervention and presence of Emmanuel Macron. A very well-established principle of partnership works in this pair. At the same time, Brigitte does not receive income from her unofficial work.
But the status of the first lady helped her to receive many gifts from fashion houses and jewelry companies. For example, Louis Vuitton has paid for Brigitte's personal style consultant, and they regularly provide this stylish woman with new outfits. And the fashion house "Dior" does not deprive its attention of the president's wife, she regularly comes out in new clothes from her favorite company.
It is worth noting that the work of the first lady's office staff is paid from the French budget, which is about 280 thousand euros per year. At the same time, Madame Macron is considered one of the most economical first ladies of France. As mentioned above, it is not spent on outfits, stylist and some other services at all.
For the first time in many years, the inhabitants of France were able to find out how much money from the budget goes to the maintenance of the first persons of the state. Such transparency in the affairs of the president very quickly raised his rating to the required level. If before that the French spoke negatively towards the first lady, then after the publication of these figures, they began to respect Madame Macron, who soon received an unpaid representative position, as Emmanuel wanted.
Brigitte Macron does not earn huge millions, but every day she inspires women in France and other countries to be more relaxed, behave naturally, love yourself and your appearance, build the right relationship with her husband and the whole family, and be a support for loved ones. This is exactly how the first lady of France behaves, and she receives “payment” for her labors in the form of daily letters of gratitude from all over the country.
