From her meeting with the Chiracs to her altercation with Marine Le Pen, Ludovic Perrin, journalist at the JDD, recounts the links that unite Madonna with France. The singer will indeed conclude her world tour by France with twelve dates at the Grand Rex in February and March next.

Madonna will give twelve concerts at the Grand Rex in Paris from February 18 to March 4, to conclude her world tour, which began in September. The choice of France is not trivial because the star has a fairly close history with our country, as explained by Ludovic Perrin of the JDD , who devotes a long portrait to him on Sunday. A relationship with the country which is not without problems, as evidenced by its relations with Marine Le Pen.

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Chirac's sympathy for Madonna

For Ludovic Perrin, the investigation into Madonna's attachment to France started with multiple little clues: "I realized that Madonna spoke French, that she was schooling her daughter Lourdes in a French high school in the United States. His favorite song is Edith Piaf's La vie en rose. There are quite a few examples. "

More surprisingly, Claude Chirac, the daughter of the former President of the Republic "is a fan of Madonna. She goes to see her father and Jacques Chirac is doubly attentive, because she is her daughter's favorite singer but c "is also someone who can contribute to the fight against AIDS. It is a symbol which is very strong and a cause which is very close to his heart." This led, among other things, to the authorization to hold a concert in the Parc de Sceaux in August 1987, when Jacques Chirac was Prime Minister.

A tense relationship between Madonna and Marine Le Pen

As Ludovic Perrin recounts, "in 2012, Madonna gave a concert at the Stade de France, and there is the face of Marine le Pen who is decked out with a swastika upside down". This controversial concert, earned insults and threats as she told in February 2015 on Europe 1: "At the time, I received a lot of criticism, but also threats from Marine le Pen and his party" . Something that "shocked and traumatized her a lot," reports the author of the portrait.

But the story does not stop there, "Madonna will offer Marine Le Pen a meeting to act a peace of the brave," says Ludovic Perrin. Asked about this possibility on Europe 1, Marine Le Pen said "always ready" to discuss before concluding "to any sinner, mercy" recalls Ludovic Perrin.