Macron, usually dressed in a dark suit and tie, swapped this formality for a black T-shirt, filming a short video from the president’s summer residence in southern France, in which he claims vaccines are “the only weapon” against the fourth wave of infection.
“I know that many of you still doubt, fear, many hear false information, false rumors, sometimes sheer nonsense – I must say – so I decided to directly answer your questions,” he said in the video.
french newspaper Le Figaro the analytical article considers the president’s gaze to be “sober, direct, relaxed and above all socially friendly,” but on the other hand, his message seemed to be lost in the face of what he was wearing. The Internet was not only surprised to see the President of France in a T-shirt, but also settled on the symbol that adorned him.
Looks like an owl made of geometric shapes, several theories have emerged as to its origin or Macron’s intentions to show it in a video aimed at millions of people. The mystery is added by the fact that today it is not known who the manufacturer of this garment is, and it is impossible to find brands on the Internet where such a symbol appears.
For this reason, theories began to appear on various social networks that it was a subliminal message, part of a secret clique intended to be understood only by its adherents.
According to the British newspaper The Guardian, one of the theses is that it is a modern version of the Bohemian Club, a political group created in the state of California, formed by Americans who understood the European bohemian movement of the second half of the 19th century. XIX century as a form of counterculture against the bourgeoisie. However, this club, which still exists today, consisting solely of businessmen and politicians from the United States, Europe and Asia, does not have the same symbol as Macron’s shirt, except that it is accompanied by red letters.
Other theses focused on the fact that the owl has two words in French: “owl” (for owls with crested ears) and “owl“(without bundles), the first symbol of failure and death, the meaning of which dates back to ancient Rome, and the second is associated with Greek culture, being the assistant to the goddess Athena, and also being the French term for” super “.
Everything is complicated by the fact that Elisha has not yet answered any of the journalists’ questions about the T-shirt, and the question remains in the air. However, there is already a T-shirt on sale called “The TikTok Macron T-shirt“to catch the viral moment.
Moreover, Macron had reasons to break the usual formality of protocol and address himself in a warmer tone, given the moment the country is going through this period. The president took the floor after a third day of protests against a new health certificate that resulted in about 200,000 people taking to the streets across France on Saturday.
Protesters have been protesting since Macron announced last month that citizens will have to provide a vaccination certificate, a negative covid test, or a recent virus recovery to enter museums, cinemas and sports facilities.
The rule, aimed at tackling the fourth wave of infections, will be extended to bars, restaurants, long-distance trains and shopping centers on August 9.
On Saturday night, a vaccination center in the French Caribbean island of Martinique was set on fire by protesters, while in the southern French city of Montpellier, protesters harassed a pharmacist who tested covid, accusing him of being a “killer” and “traitor.”
To date, 42.6 million people in France have received at least one dose of the vaccine, representing 63.2% of the population. Of these, 35.7 million are fully vaccinated, which corresponds to 52.6% of the French. Almost 112,000 people have died in France since the start of the pandemic.
