39-year old Emmanuel
Macron, who on Sunday night, became France’s youngest president since Napoleon,
held his victory event at the Louvre museum, one of the country’s best-known
sites and a former royal palace.
Macron was
last night accused of turning his back on his feminist ideals after Moulin
Rouge style dancers in little less than their underwear took to the stage as
part of his victory celebrations.
Nonetheless
the entertainment shook with the historic setting steeped in culture as
scantily clad women took to the stage as part of a victory celebration.
French media
said the raunchy image was one which had ‘stayed in people’s minds’ as Feminists
were quick to raise eyebrows on Twitter.
The president
of Fondation des Femmes, a women’s rights group, Anne-Cecile Mailfert posted:
‘What are
these women in red underwear shimmying on the Louvre stage meant to symbolize?
I can’t quite grasp it.’
Mr Macron had
told his supporters in March, ‘I am profoundly feminist’.
The boogying
was part of a weird night of entertainment during which a DJ in a blue bomber
jacket blasted pop tunes in the hours before Mr Macron mounted the stage with
the sound of Anthem of Europe’s ‘Ode to Joy’ by Beethoven playing.
The maidens
in carnival-style tops, high heels and red hot pants danced to pop song Cake by
the Ocean, with the lyrics:
‘Let’s lose
our minds and go f****** crazy.’
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