Have Brigitte Macron and her brother appeared together at any official state events in 2024 or 2025?

1. What the photographic record actually shows and what it does not

A stock photograph and captioned report identify “Laurent Macron, brother of Emmanuel Macron,” attending the state dinner for US President Joe Biden and Jill Biden at the Élysée on 8 June 2024, and the caption names Brigitte Macron as hosting with her husband Emmanuel—this confirms a Macron family member was present at that official event but does not establish that Brigitte’s brother (Jean‑Michel Trogneux) was present with her ^[1]. The source explicitly describes Laurent as Emmanuel’s brother in the caption and offers no claim that he is Brigitte’s sibling, so using that image as evidence of Brigitte appearing with her own brother would conflate two different family relationships ^[1].

2. Who is Brigitte Macron’s brother in the reporting, and what has he been reported doing?

Every source in the provided set that names Brigitte’s brother calls him Jean‑Michel Trogneux and locates him in Amiens; the materials focus on legal disputes and defamation lawsuits tied to conspiracies about Brigitte’s background rather than appearances at state ceremonies ^{[2] [3] [4]}. Reporting documents criminal and civil actions linked to harassment and false claims about Brigitte’s identity—cases and appeals are cited in 2024–2025 coverage—but these items concern litigation and media allegations, not any shared public protocol appearances of Jean‑Michel and Brigitte at state visits or official receptions ^{[2] [4]}.

3. Official visits and state events in 2024–2025 involving Brigitte Macron — the record

Public schedules and palace announcements show Brigitte Macron accompanied President Emmanuel Macron on official international engagements in 2024 and 2025, including the Élysée’s hosting of the US president in June 2024 (photographed) and a state visit invitation to the United Kingdom in July 2025 where the palace listed President Macron and Mrs Macron attending ^{[1] [5]}. Those official itineraries and photographs record Brigitte Macron’s role as First Lady at state events, but the supplied sources do not name Jean‑Michel Trogneux as part of official delegations or protocol lists accompanying her to these events ^{[1] [5]}.

4. Why confusion arises and the limits of the available reporting

Confusion is partly driven by shared surnames and by the prominence of family‑focused defamation litigation that repeatedly invokes the name “Jean‑Michel Trogneux” in relation to Brigitte; some media and legal documents emphasize family ties when rebutting conspiracy claims, which does not equate to documentation of joint public appearances at state functions ^{[2] [3]}. The provided sources do not include an official guest list or press photo caption showing “Jean‑Michel Trogneux” standing with Brigitte Macron at a 2024 or 2025 state event, and therefore the absence of such a sourced statement must be taken as a limitation: it is not proof such a meeting never occurred, only that it is not recorded in the reporting shared here ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

5. Bottom line — what can be concluded from the materials supplied

Based on the documents and news items provided, the only clear instance of a “Macron brother” appearing at an Élysée state dinner in 2024 involves Laurent Macron, identified as Emmanuel’s brother, and there is no reporting in this set that Jean‑Michel Trogneux—Brigitte Macron’s brother—appeared alongside Brigitte at any official state events in 2024 or 2025; the sources instead document legal disputes and media controversy concerning Jean‑Michel’s name and role in rebutting false claims about Brigitte ^{[1] [2] [3]}. If contemporaneous photographs, guest lists, or official program notes exist showing Jean‑Michel joining Brigitte at state protocol events in those years, they are not included among the supplied sources, and that absence is the main factual constraint of this analysis ^{[1] [5] [2]}.