The Singular Woman Behind France’s Front-Runner

Helene Fouquet

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“We don’t have a classic family, that’s an undeniable reality”

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The Meteoric Rise of France's Front-Runner

Twenty-four years his senior, she taught France’s leading candidate for the presidency as a schoolboy.

Brigitte Macron Profile: Macron's Wife, the Singular Woman Behind France's Front-Runner

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