Video Of French President Emmanuel Macron Holding Umbrella For Slovak PM Goes Viral
As Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic spoke to reporters before a meeting with Macron, a female aide came out and handed the French leader a black umbrella. Macron took it and held it over his Slovakian guest.
French President Emmanuel Macron was so determined to hold his own umbrella at a rain-dampened event outside the Elysee Palace that he shooed away aides three times when they tried to take it from him.
Reuters
Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic spoke to reporters before a meeting with Macron when a female aide came out and handed the French leader a black umbrella. Macron took it and held it over his Slovakian guest.
WATCH: French President Emmanuel Macron shooed away his aides as he held up an umbrella for Slovakia's prime minister https://t.co/POxmfvFgVa pic.twitter.com/4g6voXKnQf
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In the video, a second female aide is seen offering to hold the first umbrella for Macron. He gestured to her that there was no need.
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When the two men finished speaking to the media and turned to walk back up the steps into the Elysee Palace, a military aide approached and offered to take Macron¡¯s umbrella. Macron ignored him and kept holding it over Matovic.
Reuters
The second female aide then came back and again offered to take the umbrella, but Macron again brushed her off. He finally surrendered it when he got to the top of the steps on his way inside and needed both hands free to put on his mask.
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