A blunder for some, a failed act for others. In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the French and Brazilian presidents announced the creation of a green investment program and participated in a ceremony to present the Legion of Honor to chief Raoni Metuktire, a global icon in the defense of the Amazon.
In the end, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 78, spoke to the press and made a mistake that was widely noted on the other side of the Atlantic. He mixed up the names of Emmanuel Macron and Nicolas Sarkozy, with whom he had good relations.
“Sarkozy and I”
“Here we have a small problem. The press will withdraw for logistical reasons. People must leave. Sarkozy and I will go to Rio de Janeiro this afternoon,” he said in Portuguese, without the French head of state seeming to notice. the blunder.
Repeated by those present, the Brazilian president corrected: “Macron and I are going to Rio de Janeiro this afternoon.”
It must be said that this ceremony was similar in many points to December 2008 and the signing with great fanfare by the then French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of a broad strategic agreement also relating to the sale of 50 helicopters.
Emmanuel Macron and Lula will meet again this Thursday. The French president will be received in the capital, Brasilia, at the Planalto presidential palace, for debates dominated by important international issues.
Source: BFM TV
