{UAH} Macron rebukes Bolsonaro for ‘extraordinarily rude’ comments about wife

Macron rebukes Bolsonaro for 'extraordinarily rude' comments about wife

Jair Bolsonaro's Facebook message mocking Brigitte Macron's looks escalates diplomatic clash

Angelique Chrisafis in Biarritz

 @achrisafis

Mon 26 Aug 2019 14.57 BSTFirst published on Mon 26 Aug 2019 14.19 BST

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 Emmanuel Macron with his wife, Brigitte. The French president said of Jair Bolsonaro's comments: 'I think that Brazilians, who are a great people, will probably be ashamed to see this behaviour.' Photograph: Chesnot/Getty Images

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has condemned what he called "extraordinarily rude" comments made about his wife, Brigitte, by the far-right Brazilian leader, Jair Bolsonaro, escalating their diplomatic clash.

"He has made some extraordinarily rude comments about my wife," Macron said at a press conference at the G7 summit in Biarritz when asked to react to statements about him by the Brazilian government.

"What can I say? It's sad. It's sad for him firstly, and for Brazilians," he added.

Over the weekend Bolsonaro personally expressed approval online for a Facebook post implying that Brigitte Macron was not as good-looking as his own wife, Michelle Bolsonaro.

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A Bolsonaro supporter posted: "Now you understand why Macron is persecuting Bolsonaro?" next to an unflattering picture of Brigitte Macron, 65, who is 28 years older than Bolsonaro's wife, Michelle. Bolsonaro himself replied on Facebook: "Do not humiliate the guy, ha ha."

Macron said: "I think Brazilian women will probably be ashamed to read that from their president. I think that Brazilians, who are a great people, will probably be ashamed to see this behaviour … And as I feel friendship and respect towards the Brazilian people, I hope that they will very soon have a president who behaves in the right way."

Since forest fires swept through the Amazon this month, Macron and Bolsonaro have been locked in a war of words seen as the worst diplomatic crisis between France and Brazil in 40 years.

Macron tweeted of the Amazon blazes: "Our house is literally on fire", calling it a global crisis and criticising Brazil's management of the Amazon.

France accused Bolsonaro of lying to Macron over his commitment to combating the climate emergency, saying Paris would no longer support the Mercosur deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.

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