During the Olympic Games in Paris, French media and social platforms were shaken for an additional reason. The kiss between French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra and President Emmanuel Macron It sparked a great debate, with many calling it “passionate” and “unusual.”
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The scene took place at the Paris 2024 opening ceremony, which took place last Friday, and sparked a variety of reactions on social media.
In the photo, Oudéa-Castéra can be seen hugging the president just after the ceremony, which had kept all of France in suspense for months, and giving him a kiss on the neck, near the right ear, while holding his right arm firmly. Faced with this scene, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal seems to avoid looking.
The French publication Midi Libre described the hug as an “explosion of joy” on the part of Oudéa-Castéra and the president. “The kiss caused quite a stir,” they reported.
Madame Figaro did not hesitate to describe the gesture in the photo as “unusual”, adding that Oudéa-Castéra “definitely knows how to attract attention”. These words come after several weeks in which politics has been the focus of attention, with the organisation of the first Olympic Games in France in a century.
Get a room: French minister’s kiss with President Macron raises eyebrows
Photos of the French leader embracing Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony have gone viral. pic.twitter.com/Y189jOkvKh
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Oudéa-Castéra had already generated sarcastic comments on social platforms after jump into the Seine River before the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgoto demonstrate the purity of the water.
The images captured her wearing a kind of full wetsuit and a cap pulled tight over her hair. As she approached the edge of the Seine quay to dive in, the minister slipped awkwardly in front of the cameras, but did not give up on diving in and being filmed as she swam a few metres freestyle in the river.
#Paris2024 To put an end to the doubts about whether or not to hold the triathlon and open waters in the Seine, due to the pollution controversy, the French Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, took a dip with the Paralympic triathlon champion @AHanquinquant pic.twitter.com/so2hEHbNn9
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On social media, many people mentioned the marriages of the president and the minister. The French leader has a long-standing relationship with Brigitte Macronhis wife since 2007. Oudéa-Castéra is also married to financial executive Frédéric Oudéa, whom she married in 2006.
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