„She only eats grains!“ In a country where people argue over whether eating (a lot of) meat and machismo go hand in hand, the Prime Minister’s culinary habits have not been spared the polemic. When accused by a government advisor of eating „only grains“ over the summer, the prime minister responded a few days later in Elle magazine, „Honestly, I’m pretty hardened by my professional background. But when I see articles attacking my alleged eating habits, I believe I must be dreaming. This is an incredible form of sexism,“ she outraged in the magazine.
With that, she showed that she would not be bullied. Since her appointment as Prime Minister by Emmanuel Macron in May this year, she is no longer the gray and bland technician many saw her as, but also a woman who knows how to attack.
The woman referred to as „Borne-out“ or „Darth Vader“ in the corridors of Parisian power has a reputation as a workhorse known for wearing down her staff. What is her method? „I’ve been an engineer, a prefect and an entrepreneur. I believe in results, not labels,“ she said.