Published 23:34 IST, August 26th 2019

France's Macron shames Brazil's Bolsonaro for abysmal remarks on wife

French President and Brazilian President engaged in a war of words after the latter allegedly endorsed a Facebook post about the former's wife Brigitte Macron

Reported by: Monica Aggarwal
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro engd in a war of words on Monday after latter endorsed a social media post about former's wife Brigitte Macron. In an irate response to Brazilian President's actions, Macron said that Bolsonaro’s comment on post, in which Brigitte Macron was compared to Bolsonaro’s wife, was “extraordinarily disrespectful" to his wife. Macron ded he hoped Brazilian people would soon have a president worthy of m.

Earlier, Brazilian President commented on a post which compared his wife to French President Macron's wife. On post, a social media user posted a comment saying, "Do you understand w why Macron persecutes Bolsonaro?" Responding to comment, Brazilian President commented, "Don’t humiliate guy. Ha ha". two world leers have been engd in a war of words recently over Amazon wildfires, with Macron blaming Bolsonaro for incident and accusing him of lying about his climate change policy.

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French President Emmanuel Macron responded to comments me by his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro while dressing a press conference at G7 Summit in Biarritz. When asked about incident, Emmanuel Macron said comments were "extraordinarily rude".

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"(Bolsanaro) has me some extraordinarily rude comments about my wife. What can I say? It’s s for him, firstly, and for Brazilians...I think Brazilian women will probably be ashamed to re that from ir President. As I feel friendship and respect for Brazilian people, I hope that y will very soon have a president who behaves in right way," Macron said in matter. 

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War of words between Macron and Bolsonaro

This incident has come days after a feud broke between two leers with Emmanuel Macron accusing his Brazilian counterpart of lying about his commitment to fighting climate change, and Bolsonaro accusing Macron of having a “colonialist mind-set” telling him to stay out of Brazilian business. French President has been making efforts to put international pressure on Brazil to take action on fire raging in Amazon.

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