Macron’s marriage shows how different Britain and France really are

If Emmanuel Macron were British, would he be a Tory, Lib Dem or a Blairite? Or would he be blubbing into a handkerchief in a TV studio calling himself a ‘survivor’ of seduction by his teacher while his wife was banned from the teaching profession, if not put through the mill by investigators from Operation Yewtree?

If anyone doubts the gulf in societal attitudes between Britain and France, the relationship between Macron and his wife Brigitte Trogneux provides a rather good illustration. While there is no suggestion they had sex while he was a minor, enough is known about the couple to know how the nature of their meeting would have gone down this side of the Channel. Far from being considered slightly racy, it would almost certainly have resulted in Madame Trogenux facing serious disciplinary proceedings.   

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According to Macron himself, their relationship became ‘official’ when he was 18.