The Brazilian government, one of the last G20 countries to send a message to President Emmanuel Macron for his re-election in France this weekend, has issued a short note congratulating the French on their ballot box victory. But unlike European, Asian, American and African leaders, President Jair Bolsonaro avoided greeting the president in Paris.
In a note that did not contain any enthusiasm and did not contain the name of the Chief Executive Officer, Itamaraty simply says that “the Brazilian government congratulates Mr. Emmanuel Macron on his re-election to the Presidency of the French Republic”.
“Brazil reaffirms its willingness to work to deepen the historic ties that unite the two countries and provide mutual benefits to Brazilians and the French people, and expresses its expectation to continue to implement the broad bilateral agenda.” for a formal gesture. .
The communication contradicts the enthusiastic greetings Macron received on social media from Colombian President Ivan Duque or Argentina’s Alberto Fernandez. “The victory of Macron is the basis for deepening multilateralism,” the Argentine president said. Duque described the Frenchman as “Colombia’s great friend and defender of democratic values”.
In Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lauded Macron’s victory, noting that the French people had “chosen their historical legacy: freedom, equality and fraternity”.
In Chile, the new president, Gabriel Boric, also turned to social networks to celebrate the result of the polls in France. “The French people have spoken openly: the fight against climate change and the strengthening of democracy and human rights are essential. Trust me to move forward on these issues,” the Chilean said.
Even Russian President Vladimir Putin made a personal comment. On Sunday, the 24th, international reactions were wide-ranging, including enthusiastic gestures from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Boris Johnson, American Joe Biden and the main heads of European institutions, directors of WHO and UN agencies, as well as those from the European Union. Governments of Canada, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Sweden and many other countries.
The order in the Brazilian government is not to show “excitement” with a leader who has angered Bolsonaro over the past three years, criticizes deforestation in Brazil, welcomes chief Raoní and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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.
source: Noticias
