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French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte Macron (L) and French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot (R) look at a book as they visit the Richelieu site of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France,
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Leave Brigitte Macron alone. We French need to lay off our first ladies | Agnès Poirier | The Guardian
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Le président Emmanuel Macron et la première dame Brigitte Macron - Le Président de la République s'est rendu sur le site Richelieu, berceau historique de la Bib - Purepeople
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