Macron ally Sebastien Lecornu’s unusual form of greeting has the French media digging into his past before he entered politics
As they get to know their new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, a loyal ally of President Emmanuel Macron who had been remarkably low-key before taking one of the top jobs in the land, the French are also discovering that he has a somewhat unusual habit: he likes to butt heads.
Instead of the greeting that many French use to say hello – two, and in some places even three or four, kisses on the cheeks – the 39-year-old former defence minister has been repeatedly spotted in his first days in office giving gentle headbutts to male colleagues.
Although not new, it has got French media talking – and digging into the prime minister’s past before politics, when he toyed as a teenager with the idea of becoming a monk.
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