Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron carried out renovation and conservation work within the Palais de l'Elysée.They made him so modern that some Internet users had questioned the authenticity of images before-after.
The presidential couple had decided to undertake major renovation works within the Élysée.In 2018, after 8 weeks of work, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron inaugurated the restored spaces of the presidential palace including an absolutely superb festival hall.Back on the changes made to the Élysée during the mandate of President Macron.
Renovation at the Élysée: what is the presidential couple doing?
The project architect, Isabelle Stanislas, had been invested with a very specific mission: to restore ""La Vitrine de la France"" its most beautiful bursts.Indeed, the presidential couple had found, sorry, that the heritage of the Élysée was in danger.
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron |Photo: Getty Images
The parts of the palace such as the village hall, the winter garden and the Napoleon III fair have been the subject of two months of work.It was urgent to shelter the tapestries, repaint and change the carpet.One hundred and twenty people worked on the site.
The architect notably used national workshops and a northern company for the carpet, but also went to national furniture for velvet curtains (5 meters high).
Begun in November 2018, renovations within the Élysée took January 2019, with a more than satisfactory result for the presidential couple, but also for the many guests invited during the inauguration of the Palais coins, Wednesday, January 16, 2019.
""The idea is to have something neutral to be able to hang works of art.I want to make this place a space for dialogue, exhibition, bring people "",
entrusted Brigitte Macron in the columns of the world.
Mission accomplished with brilliantly for Isabelle Stanislas who had declared that he did not want to be satisfied with an “roughly” at the Élysée, considering it as a showcase of France.
On the other hand, if it had been considered imperative to carry out the conservation work within the palace, the costs undertaken had made a few eyebrows frown.
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron |Photo: Getty Images
And how much did we spend?
The renovation of the three spaces that correspond to 1000 m² in the heart of the palace required a budget of around 500,000 euros.A large part of this funding came from the sale of derivative products on the official Élysée website.A very substantial sum but which had to be invested there according to President Macron.According to him :
""We always take the risk of being caricatured but we must explain.The Élysée is the showcase of France and we had not invested in it for years.""
Speaking of caricature, Emmanuel Macron has recently been the subject of several mockery on the Internet because of a publication on Twitter.Internet users have been happy.
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron |Photo: Getty Images
Internet users make fun of his post showing his office at the Élysée
Monday January 31, 2022, the President of the French Republic posted a photo of his office on his Twitter account, at the center of which was a post-it on which one could read “opening of the culture pass for the 15-16-17years, done ”.
Unfortunately for him, his photo has been the subject of several assemblies, in particular with a modification of the message registered on the post-it.In just a few hours, Internet users had made it a real joke, completely mocked the president's message.
Ils avaient remplacé “ouverture du pass culture pour les 15-16-17 ans” par ""Emmerder les Français"" ou encore “Démissionner bientôt”.
Others, more inspired, had written "Opening of the Testament of the Socialiss Party" "and" seen and gets stuck ", made by an activist for the climate, denoting the insensitivity of Brigitte Macron's husband in the face of climate change.
Regarding another detail that made a big noise on the Internet, this famous table service ordered for the Élysée and whose cost would vary between 50,000 and 500,000 euros, according to the media.
A service from 50,000 euros
In 2018, a new table service ordered for the Élysée - Creation of the artist Evariste Richer, called "Bleu Élysée", was added to the heritage of the palace.
The Élysée had justified at the time that this order was necessary for major dinners, especially those of state and that it was “supported by the Manufacture de Sèvres, subsidized by the State to draw up the tables of theRepublic".
The manufacture had indicated in a press release that this service would include 1,200 pieces and that its production was going to get away "over three years, with a first delivery scheduled for the end of 2018".
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron |Photo: Getty Images
Ouest France notably evokes an envelope of 50,000 euros, supported by the Ministry of Culture.This same envelope would also have covered “the remuneration of artists who participated in the project as well as technical costs”.
For its part, the French weekly Le Canard Enchaîné had conducted its investigation and estimated the actual price of the operation around the half million euros.Among the changes made within the palace, tapestries that Brigitte Macron has replaced.
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron |Photo: Getty Images
“Les tapisseries sentaient le tabac…"" : 1 MILLION D'EUROS POUR CHANGER
To return to the renovations made since she and her husband occupied the Palais de l'Elysée, Brigitte Macron explained that it was for a good cause.Expensive work certainly, but which had to be done for aesthetic and practical causes.
""Everything was empire.We wanted to bring modernity. Il y avait des problèmes d’infiltration et les tapisseries sentaient le tabac…"",
entrusted the president's wife to the world Friday, November 12, 2021.
Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte visit the top of La Mongie for a lunch break in the Pyrenees before a meeting on April 12, 2017 in Bagnères de Bigorre, France.|Photo: Getty Images
It was therefore more than obvious to make changes in terms of tapestry for the one who nourished the desire to "bring the palace and the sleeping treasures kept to national furniture", thus restoring more life to a “tired” placewhich has not been affected for over 70 years.
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But among the changes that have the most stuck the Internet users, a huge white sofa, so beautiful that some of them said it was a photo montage.
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron.|Photo: Getty Images
A sofa at 17,775 euros
The LOUIS XV golden wood furniture set in the Pompadour lounge has been replaced by a huge white sofa called “Niko” - Creation of the interior designer Thierry Lemaire.
When in 2019, during heritage days, photos showing the new renovated fair had circulated on social networks, many Internet users had shouted in manipulation.
And yet, it was indeed the new look of the Pompadour show.It was enough to go to Instagram to realize that it was absolutely not a montage.National furniture also said that "this sofa is now part of the national collections".
Finally, during their stay at the Élysée, the presidential couple took matters into their own hands to restore a real glance to “the showcase of France” by bringing modernity to the palace without removing the identityFrench.
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