Emmanuel Macron’s Boxing Workout Sparks Mixed Reactions

(Adnkronos) – The images of Emmanuel Macron in a boxer version, t-shirt and gloves, with his face contracted from the effort while he trains by hitting the bag have sparked different reactions
: on Instagram, where the official photographer of the French president, Soazig de la Moissonnière, posted the black and white images, there was no shortage of shocked and amused comments, praise and criticism.

Someone brought up Rocky Balboa, others wondered if Macron is preparing for the challenge with Putin – who has been portrayed several times riding shirtless, shooting, knocking out his opponents at judo, fishing by the lake or drives tanks and submarines – and there are those who wondered whether the moment was the most appropriate, after the Elysée leader’s appeal to Western partners to raise the level of intervention and participation in the defense of Ukraine against Russian attack.

Flattering words came from the magazine “Femme actuelle”, which speaks of “Brigitte Macron’s husband” with “a determined look, as if he wanted to fight with his opponent…”, but there are also those who reacted with dismay in front of what the French ecologist MP Sandrine Rousseau defined as “poverty of political communication”.

A comment was also posted by a professor from the University of Lorraine, Eric Anceau: “A few hours ago, Emmanuel Macron let himself be filmed in his boxing gym. These photos were taken and distributed by the official photographer, Soazig de la Moissonnière. I don’t know if they were retouched or not, and it doesn’t matter. What I know, however, is that they fall within that neo-populist virilism that certain leaders are fond of today, starting with the master of the genre Vladimir Putin”, he wrote on

Brigitte Macron recently revealed in an interview with Paris Match that the president boxed twice a week and posed with boxing gloves to promote physical exercise ahead of the Paris Olympics.

2024-03-21 14:20:31
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