Brigitte Macron's daughter has described criticism of the age gap between her mother and Emmanuel Macron as agist and misogynistic.
Tiphaine Auziere - who is standing as a parliamentary candidate for Emmanuel Macron's La Republique En Marche - has said the attacks are "outrageous" and are rooted in jealousy.
"I think we cannot remain indifferent to this, and now I do not want to give any importance to people who convey this kind of stuff, because I find it totally outrageous in France in the 21st century to make such attacks," she told the French television channel BFMTV.
"These are attacks that we wouldn't direct at male politicians or at a man who would accompany a female politician. So I think there's a lot of jealousy, and that this is very inappropriate."
In addition to her political career, Auziere also works as a lawyer. Her mother met Macron when she was a teacher at his school and they got together once he turned 18. The couple got married in 2007.
"On the ground, on the contrary, I meet people who admire what she does, her work, her involvement," she added. "If people have nothing else to do but criticise, let them do it, it will only bring us closer together."
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