French
President Emmanuel Macron has described his Brazilian
counterpart Jair Bolsonaro as "extremely disrespectful"
after the South American leader appeared to mock his wife, Brigitte Macron, in
a Facebook post.
President Macron with his wife, who is 25 years his senior
Macron claimed Mr
Bolsonaro had gone back on a promise to halt deforestation, threatening to
no longer support the EU’s Mercosur deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Mr Bolsonaro had missed a
scheduled meeting with the French foreign minister in favour of a barber’s
appointment, Mr Macron added.
Overnight, Macron
announced a $20 million emergency fund to help Amazon countries affected by the rainforest fires.
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