French president spent 3 days in Brazil, praised the election of the PT member and spoke about restoring “institutional balance”
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, published this Thursday (28th March 2024) one of the memes that circulated on the internet about his official visit to Brazil. The chief executive praised President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and said that his election and “the way he restored institutional balance means” very. He declared that they both believe in democracy.
Macron was in Brazil for 3 days. Records of the meeting between the presidents went viral on social media. On X (formerly Twitter), photos of the two holding hands in the middle of the Amazon rainforest were compared to couples’ shoots and the covers of famous films.
In this Thursday’s publication, the French president responded to internet users’ comparisons and said that his visit “it was a wedding”. Completed: “France loves Brazil and Brazil loves France”.
“Your election, dear Lula, and the way you restored institutional balance mean a lot to us. We believe in democracy. We believe in the future and we believe that there is always a path to optimism and progress. We share values that are at the heart of our common history”, he said in the publication.
TRIP’S MEMES
Records of the meeting between the presidents of Brazil and France on Tuesday (26 March 2024) became a topic on social media.
The PT member took the Frenchman to visit Belém (PA) and an island close to the capital of Pará. The location was chosen because it will host COP30 in 2025. Macron also held an official agenda in São Paulo and Rio.
Internet users turned photos from the first day of the trip into movie posters – some with LGBTQIA+ themes – such as Twilight, Red, White and Blue Blood It is Call Me by Your Name.
Here are some memes from the meeting of heads of state:
PRE-WEDDING
Another detail indicated by X users is the similarity of the photos with the famous pre-wedding shoots, mainly because Lula and Macron are holding hands in most of the images.
