Emmanuel Macron convinced Bono. As part of promoting his autobiography. Surrenderin Fayard, the leader of U2 went through the studies of France Inter this Monday. He was invited to comment on a passage from his book in which he evokes his encounters with recent French presidents. Whether he says that he is “stunned” by Jacques Chirac or compares Nicolas Sarkozy to a “spinning top”, he believes that Emmanuel Macron “has nothing to do” with his predecessors, comparing him to a start-up leader from Silicon Valley.
“I talk about him behind the scenes,” he said Monday. “He solves problems. I’m not qualified to comment on French politics, it’s the voters who should. (But) he rolls up his sleeves, he’s there.”
An “unusual and interesting energy”
The Irish singer goes on to praise “his verbal and intellectual acuity”: “It doesn’t happen all the time, all the leaders of the world are not that smart,” he believes. “They can talk, they can be warm or charismatic, but it takes a certain intellectual level.” the interpreter of With or without you concludes by highlighting the “unusual and interesting energy” of Emmanuel Macron.
Bono, received several times at the Élysée as part of his humanitarian commitment, met Emmanuel Macron on several occasions. The singer and the president saw each other like this in 2017, then in 2018 to talk about the development of Africa.
“It was a rather unique conversation, like I’ve rarely had,” said the singer then, visibly impressed by this president “open to finding new and innovative ways to solve problems that impact the poorest.”
Bono has a long history of involvement in important humanitarian causes. Last May he performed in the Kyiv subway with The Edge, the guitarist of U2, to show his support for the Ukrainian people in the face of the Russian invasion. He has just completed a promotional tour for his book titled delivery taleswhich took him through the Grand Rex on Friday.
Source: BFM TV
