2023-04-19 17:00:04
Se give time by setting a given time, as summarized by one of his advisers. Monday April 17, Emmanuel Macron tried to give a course to his five-year term which seemed sorely lacking in it, by drawing the outlines of “one hundred days of peace, of unity (…) and action in the service of France”. With the use of this formula attached to the dark days of the Napoleonic epic, a cliché that has since designated the beginnings of a presidential mandate, it is as if he wanted to start all over again. Erase the pension crisis, of course. But also to forget the funny period which followed his re-election, a year ago, marked by a wavering at the top of the State which had surprised and worried so much.
These suspended weeks are recounted in the captivating book just published by the journalist from L’Opinion Ludovic Vigogne : The dayless. Macron: the secrets of a bad patch (Books, 198 pages, 19.90 euros). Between the presidential election and the summer, the re-elected president seemed to be floundering, completely aside, as if absent to himself. Fatigue ? Depressed ? Curse of the second term? As if, when he had just achieved a historic feat (a re-election outside the period of cohabitation), he no longer had any desire, or project, or even the desire to fight it out, while the legislative elections were coming.
From the evening of his victory, celebrated without joy, he surprises by taking the direction of the Lantern in Versailles, his weekend residence. Barely re-elected, he already seems to want to flee, dodge, gain private time. In the process, he multiplies the “strategic errors”. It takes nearly a month to appoint his prime minister, an exaggeratedly long time that leaves room for speculation on the course he intends to take. If the episode is known, the detailed account given by Mr. Vigogne is edifying. On May 12, the Head of State receives for lunch at the Elysée the one he has chosen. The president of Grand Reims, Catherine Vautrin, former spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy, has prepared the architecture of her government. She advises against appointing the deputy Les Républicains Damien Abad, who ” bad reputation “, and pleads for a tight team.
Improvisation
The president and she talk about everything, including the end of his lease: 2024. « Brigitte » even pass a head: “You have to be well settled in Matignon. Do not hesitate to go to the Mobilier national! » The Secretary General of the Palace, Alexis Kohler, informs her on May 14 that she will be appointed on May 16 ” 15 hours “ and will make a “20 hours”. And then Mr. Macron changes his mind. Under pressure from his left wing in particular, he appointed … Elisabeth Borne. “On Thursday, he was preparing to appoint an elected representative from the right (…). On Monday, it will be techno from the left”, summarizes Mr. Vigogne. And all is said.
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