MACRON. The Head of State was filmed singing “Le refuge” during his trip to the Hautes-Pyrénées.
It is one of the images of the summer of 2022, even if Emmanuel Macron, most certainly, would have preferred that the sequence not be immortalized, so obvious is his discomfort: the Head of State, during his trip to the Hautes -Pyrénées, in Argelès-Gazost this Thursday, July 21, was brought a little in spite of himself to join a local choir, to sing “Le Refuge” by Edmond Duplan. A classic of traditional Pyrenean song. Emmanuel Macron, beret on his head, lent himself to the game. While all attention was on him, he showed himself in difficulty when singing the verses, not knowing (or too little) the words .
Emmanuel Macron went to the Pyrenees this Thursday, July 21, after his trip to Gironde, where he met the authorities and the firefighters who are fighting the fires. The President of the Republic wanted to be present on a stage of the Tour de France, that same day. And for the Head of State, it was probably better to attend in the Pyrenees than in the Alps, as this mountain range is so dear to him. “A green paradise where I continue to go, the place of origin of my grandparents, the one where I took refuge every summer”, he said to Zadig magazine in 2021. “A place synonymous with absolute happiness, with very stable landmarks, which I still find today – for example when I see the Pyrenees chain from a very particular angle, the one we see before the Tour de France riders attack the Tourmalet”, he said .