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After their photos on Amazon provoked funny reactions comparing them to a “wedding album”, Emmanuel Macron wanted to poke fun at the situation (photo taken and sent in Brazil, Tuesday, March 26. Brazilian Presidency).
Politics – Behind a gallery of photos that will make you smile, he maintains the reality of the cordial relationship between the two states. President Emmanuel Macron, this Thursday evening, March 28, had fun with the humorous memes that flourished on the Internet after meeting his opponent Lula in Brazil. As a result of Amazon's trip to ” Wedding », to read the amused comments of Internet users, especially Brazilians.
« Some have compared my trip to Brazil with pictures of a wedding, and I tell them: it was one! France loves Brazil, Brazil loves France! », wrote the French President on social network X Thursday evening.
Lula replied in the same tone
Mentioning certain things like cultural exchanges or the visit of Brazilian students in France, the Head of State also welcomes: ” We were able to walk together in the shared Amazon in Belém and affirm our common commitment to fight for forests and people. » Also, about a broad but prudent Franco-Brazilian military partnership: ” With the launch of Tonelero, the third submarine in our partnership, we witnessed the strength of our defense cooperation in Rio. »
As you can see aboveHe replaced Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in the poster of the romantic movie, and published a screenshot of the photomontage in two languages. La la land The two heads of state walk hand in hand in the Amazon jungle. A digression that was widely shared, especially in X, to contrast the closeness and complicity between the two leaders.
Playing the game to the end, the Brazilian president responded to the publication with an emoji representing two flags and small hearts.
Frozen ties with Bolsonaro
On a three-day official visit to Brazil, Emmanuel Macron went to Belem (North) on Tuesday, where he met Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the middle of the Amazon jungle. The two expressed their closeness with lots of smiles and warm gestures.
Many of these images were widely distributed on the Internet, with most posted on Lula's official accounts on social networks, with montages or witty comments. In one of them, for example, two presidents can be seen walking hand in hand, all smiling. In a netizen montage, the film was turned into a poster for the romantic drama Call Me By Your Name.
« They will marry in the Amazon and honeymoon in Paris », mocked a netizen on X, and many believed he could make these photos Wedding album ».
After this visit to the Amazon, Emmanuel Macron's first official visit to Brazil continued in São Paulo, then in Brasilia, always with the same complicity.
It should be said that this contrasts with the frosty relations between Emmanuel Macron and former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022). In 2019, amid the fire crisis in the Amazon, Brazil's president and his ministers made insulting comments about the French president and his wife, Brigitte Macron.
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