Unlike major European, Western and democratic leaders around the world, Jair Bolsonaro’s government will not be in a hurry to congratulate Emmanuel Macron on his election to a new term in France.

The column is informed that an official note was being drafted in Itamaraty, but “stopped” at Palácio do Planalto. The order is not to show “excitement” with a leader who has angered Bolsonaro over the past three years, criticizing Brazil’s deforestation, welcoming chief Raoní and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

According to sources in Brazil, the government will raise its voice. But not immediately. According to the report, Itamaraty has yet to make a statement.

Macron, who caused Bolsonaro to mock his wife, even said in his statements to UOL in November 2021 that the relationship between France and Brazil had “seemed better days”. During the first months of Bolsonaro’s government, Paris was still humiliated when Macron’s head of diplomacy was belittled by the Brazilian president. Instead of the planned meeting with the Frenchman, Bolsonaro decided to go live by cutting his hair. This gesture was considered an insult by the French.

By not issuing a memo to the French president immediately, Bolsonaro repeats his gesture of being one of the last G20 heads of state to welcome the election of a power’s leader.

This happened when Joe Biden was elected. Bolsonaro and his allies even echoed the defeated Donald Trump’s speech about alleged fraud in the American election.

This time, on the most radical wing of support for President Bolsonaro, the crowd favored the victory of Marine Le Pen, which would strengthen the ultra-conservative network around the world and become a point of support for the current Brazilian president.

Macron issued a statement of support from João Doria on Sunday night, and even before the election, Lula sought support from the French on social media.

This Sunday, international reactions to Macron’s new term were broad, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Boris Johnson, American Joe Biden, key heads of European institutions, directors of WHO and UN agencies, and Canadian governments. Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Sweden and others.

Almost all of them pointed to the same tone in their messages: the defense of democracy.