Macron describes the story of his dissolution as a “far-fetched narrative”, between photos and confidences

POLITICS – The weight of words, the shock of photos. The President of the Republic was questioned this Thursday, June 13, behind the scenes of the dissolution of the National Assembly, a decision that Emmanuel Macron announced to the French on Sunday evening, in the wake of the European elections.

Since this announcement, several elements have added to the story of this evening. According to The worldthis poker move is the work of a handful of “apprentice sorcerers” advisors around Bruno Roger-Petit, as the daily wrote on Wednesday in a particularly detailed and detailed investigation into the thoughtlessness which seems to have led to this bamboo blow.

An image, published by Emmanuel Macron’s photographer, is also eloquent. It shows the defeated faces of several tenors of the macronie, including the Prime Minister, shortly before 8 p.m., when the Head of State announces his decision to them, to everyone’s surprise. A photo that has since gone viral.

Macron criticizes “ people who push themselves from the collar »

Questioned about these stories which seem to attest to a fairly solitary exercise of power, Emmanuel Macron denounced “ most eccentric narrations. » « The Constitution is clear: the President of the Republic, on article 12, consults and makes the decision “, he notably launched, criticizing in particular the attention of the press for these questions of ” behind the scenes » or “ internal kitchens. »

Emmanuel Macron, who defends a decision “ healthy, democratic and constitutional ”, also criticized “ people who push each other, others who talk nonsense » about this crucial evening for the political future of the country.

Guest of the show Daily at the start of the evening, Gabriel Attal also returned to the photo taken at the Élysée on Sunday evening. ” The situation is serious “he explained, as if to caption the photo.

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