• Spain Sánchez, in quarantine until Christmas Eve after eating on Monday with Macron, positive for coronavirus

  • France French President Emmanuel Macron, positive for coronavirus

Monday, 2:08 pm

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Court of honor of the Elysee Palace.

The Audi transporting the President of the Spanish Government passes the gate of the main door on Carrer del Faubourg Saint Honoré.

The motorized escort and the other cars in the procession remain outside.

The Republican Guard presents weapons on the entrance steps to the palace inaugurated three centuries ago, another December 14.

The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, awaits at the door.

An orderly opens the door of Sánchez's car as the host descends the seven steps.

"Hello," Macron says in English.

Both, masked, exchange a few inaudible words from the restricted area for the press.

Macron and Sánchez do not shake hands at any time

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The French head of state, always effusive, pats him twice on the shoulder blade.

The president of the Spanish Government corresponds with one, on the back.

Together, they climb the stairs, turn to the cameras, and wave.

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Three minutes earlier, same scene, same gestures

, Macron welcomes the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, arrived aboard an official Mercedes.

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was also expected to attend the lunch at the Elysee but she did not come to Paris, being held in Brussels for the Brexit negotiation.

The third guest of the meal at the Elíseo is

Ángel Gurría

, Secretary General of the OECD.

He arrived at the Elysee aboard his official Volvo at 14:10.

It was the last by protocol.

The only one who wore a coat and scarf.

The only one Macron shook hands with.

The Mexican is also the only one of the diners who belongs to a risk group since he is 70 years old.

The reason for the appointment was the 60th birthday of the OECD

, an organization founded in 1948 to administer the Marshall Plan, the European reconstruction fund that the US financed.

The anniversary went unnoticed by the French media.

The head of the Spanish Government played a relevant role in the celebration because Spain holds the rotating presidency of the ministerial meeting of the OECD Council.

In Paris, Sánchez received the mayor of the capital, Anne Hidalgo, at the Spanish embassy.

At the OECD headquarters, Macron, Sánchez and Gurría discovered a plaque

and took part in a panel discussion in which Michel also took the floor.

While the speaker spoke from the lectern or when other dignitaries intervened by videoconference, the attendees were seated in a bleacher, at a safe distance.

Macron was the first to speak.

And immediately afterwards, he abandoned the act.

The secretary general received his guests at the doors of the palace that hosts the international organization in the west of Paris.

At that moment, he did respect the sanitary instructions and greeted his guests with his elbow.

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