Brazil’s Economy Minister Reignites Macron Feud By Insulting His Wife
- Brazil-France relations in bad shape after presidential feud
- Macron has threatened to scrap the EU-Mercosur trade deal
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Brazil’s Economy Minister reignited President Jair Bolsonaro’s spat with his French counterpart after he repeated the Brazilian leader’s insults about Emmanuel Macron’s wife.
In a speech to businessmen in the northeastern city of Fortaleza, Paulo Guedes complained about the media coverage of the Bolsonaro administration, saying that rather than report on the country’s progress, it focused on the president’s outrageous comments.