France’s Macron to Present ‘Charter’ on First Lady’s Role
- Idea of law on Brigitte’s status abandoned after protests
- Role of French ‘premiere dame’ has never been clarified
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After retreating on a plan to present a special law on the role of President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, the president’s office will instead publish a “charter” laying out her tasks. This is a first in France, where presidential partners have never had defined responsibilities.
“My status will be determined, not by a law, but by a charter of transparency which will explain that I’m not remunerated, and what are my missions and my means,” Brigitte Macron said in an interview in Lagardere SCA’s “Elle” magazine to be published Friday. “What is important, is that everything be clear.”